Past perfect tense: exercise 5

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Exercise 5

Mark is telling his sister Eve about his friend's garden party. Use the words from the box to
complete their conversation.

never be eat not buy never meet not eat play not drink not have finish

Eve: Did you enjoy the party?

Mark: Not at all. I ....................................................... to such a party before. It was a disaster.

Eve: A disaster?

Mark: Exactly. When I arrived at the party, they .............................. all the sausages. There
was nothing to eat.

Eve: ............................................ enough sausages for everyone?

Mark: No, they hadn't. The house was full of people I ........................................... before.

Eve: So you were hungry all afternoon.

Mark: I was pretty hungry. I ................................................... anything before I left home.

Eve: Did you dance?

Mark: No, I didn't. There was a DJ at the party, but after he .................................... a couple
of songs, he disappeared.

Eve: What did you do then?

Mark: Fortunately, they ................................... all the wine before I came. I had two or three
glasses of red wine and went home.

Eve: Mark? You told me you ............................... anything to eat. You must have got drunk!

Mark: To tell the truth, when I ....................................... the third glass, I felt a little bit dizzy.
But I am all right now. Am I not?

See Key with answers on the next page.

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Key with answers

Exercise 5

I had never been to such a party before.

When I arrived at the party, they had eaten all the sausages.

Hadn't they bought enough sausages for everyone?

The house was full of people I had never met before.

I hadn't eaten anything before I left home.

There was a DJ at the party, but after he had played a couple of songs, he disappeared.

Fortunately, they had not drunk all the wine before I came.

You told me you had not had anything to eat.

To tell the truth, when I had finished the third glass, I felt a little bit dizzy.

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