Past Perfect Simple and Continuous

1 Look at the crazy star! Can you circle the verbs in the past perfect simple and continuous?

had been writing

was laughing
be born
had been joking finished
had believed invite
is living
had looked
had enjoyed
loves
does

2 Complete the sentences below by putting the verbs provided in the

appropriate tense.

a. By the time I got to school, classes already ________ (begin) and the
halls were empty.
b. By the end of the course, I ________ (learn) so much that I felt
confident to start my career as a foreign language teacher.
c. Sleeping Beauty was told she ________ (sleep) for 100 years and
Prince Charming ________ (save) her.
d. Until he met Mary, he ________ never really ________ (believe) in
romantic love.
e. Cindy remembered that distant afternoon very well: they ________ (lay)
on the deck chairs while Charlie ________ (buy) gifts.
f. I ________ (listen) to music for hours when Ben rang and said he wanted to go clubbing that night.
g. By the time tea was over, the rain ________ (stop) and the grass was shining like silver.
h. She was hoarse because she ________ (have) choir practice and they (sing) all afternoon.
i. It was past 6 o’clock and all the shops ________ (close): Mina and I ________ (wander) about for nearly
three hours.
j. Before her graduation day she ________ (buy) a new dress so that she would have something new to
wear on that day.