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    The document provides an example and exercise about using the past perfect tense. It explains that the past perfect (had + past participle) is used to talk about actions that were completed before something else in the past. It gives the example of when Natalie arrived at the party, Harry had already gone home. The exercise then has students write sentences using the past perfect based on various situations involving actions that happened before other past actions.

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    The document provides an example and exercise about using the past perfect tense. It explains that the past perfect (had + past participle) is used to talk about actions that were completed before something else in the past. It gives the example of when Natalie arrived at the party, Harry had already gone home. The exercise then has students write sentences using the past perfect based on various situations involving actions that happened before other past actions.

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    The document provides an example and exercise about using the past perfect tense. It explains that the past perfect (had + past participle) is used to talk about actions that were completed before something else in the past. It gives the example of when Natalie arrived at the party, Harry had already gone home. The exercise then has students write sentences using the past perfect based on various situations involving actions that happened before other past actions.

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    Name: _____________________________________________________ Class: _____________

    Past Perfect

    Bye! 10.30 Natalie went to a party last week. Harry Styles went to the party too, but
    they didn’t see each other. Harry left the party at 10:30 and Natalie arrived
    at 11 o’clock. So:

    When Natalie arrived at the party, Harry wasn’t there.

    He had gone home.

    Had gone is the Past Perfect.

    I/ we/ they/ you (= I’d etc.) gone


    he/she/it had (= she’d etc.) seen
    finished etc.
    Hi!

    Had seen

    past now

    11.00 • I wasn’t sure who she was. I’d seen her before, but I couldn’t
    remember where.

    Exercise 1. Read the situations and write sentences from the words in brackets.
    1. You went to Sue’s house, but she wasn’t there.

    (she/go/ out) She had gone out_____________________________________________________.

    2. You went back to your home town after many years. It wasn’t the same as before.

    (it/ change/ a lot) ________________________________________________________________

    3. I invited Rachel to the party, but she couldn’t come.

    (she/ arrange/ to do something else) ________________________________________________

    4. You went to the cinema last night. You got to the cinema late.
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    (the film/ already/ start) _____________________________________________________________

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    5. It was nice to see Daniel again after such a long time.

    (I/ not/ see/ him for five years) _______________________________________________________

    6. I offered Sue something to eat, but she wasn’t hungry.

    (she/ just/ have/ breakfast) _________________________________________________________

    Exercise 2. Use the sentences on the left to complete the paragraphs on the right. These
    sentences are in the order in which they happened – so (a) happened before (b), (b)
    before (c) etc. But your paragraph begins with the underlined sentence, so sometimes you
    need the past perfect.

    1 (a) Somebody broke into the office We arrived at work in the morning and
    found that somebody had broken into
    during the night.
    the office during the night. So
    (b) We arrived at work in the morning. ___________________________

    (c) We called the police. the police.

    2 (a) Laura went out this morning. I went to Laura’s house this morning and
    rang her doorbell, but
    (b) I rang her doorbell. ______________________________ no
    (c) There was no answer. answer. ______________________ out.

    3 (a) Jim came back from holiday a few days ago. I met Jim a few days ago.
    ___________________________ just
    (b) I met him the same day.
    _________________________ holiday.
    (c) He looked very well. _______________________ very well.

    4 (a) Kevin sent Sally lots of emails. Yesterday Kevin ________________


    from Sally. ______________________
    (b) She never replied to them. very surprised.
    (c) Yesterday he got a phone call from her. ________________________ lots of
    emails, but _____________________.
    (d) He was very surprised.
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