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Handout 21: Past perfect tense

EX 1: Supply the verbs in brackets in Past perfect tense.

1. Before hanging out with friends, Jim (do)_______had done_________ his homework.
2. Peter told me that he (already finish)___had already finished_____________ reading
‘Harry Porter’.
3. Mary said she (never be)____had never been____________ to Paris before.
4. When we came to the movie theater, the film (start)____had started____________ .
5. Where ______had Jim been__________ (Jim / be) before you found him?
6. Peter (travel)_____had traveled___________ to 5 foreign countries on business trips
before he retired.
7. My mother (write)__had written______________ me a note before she left for work.
8. I wish I (not attend)_________hadn’t attended_______ that meeting.
9. Jim (read)___________had read_____ all his books before he brought a new one
yesterday.
10. _______Had you cleaned_________ (you / clean) your room before you went out?

EX 2: Supply the verbs in brackets in Past perfect tense and Past simple tense
1. Mr. Brown (come)_________came____ home as soon as he (finish)___had
finish_____________ his work.
2. I (live)________had lived____ in Texas for 4 years before I
(move)___moved_____________ to California.
3. When Mr. Smith (wake)_______woke_________ yesterday morning, breakfast (already
be) _______had already been_________ ready.
4. Before I (get)________got________ promotion, I (work)_________had worked_______
very hard.
5. Yesterday, my mother (pick)____had picked____________ me up from school before we
(go) _________went_______ shopping together.
6. Our grandparents (tell)_____told______ us that he (serve)_______had serve_______ in
the army in 1945.
7. After having dinner with my boyfriend, I (go)____went____________ home.
8. Yesterday (be)_______was_________ the first time Jane (perform)_______had
performed_________ in front of such large audience.
9. Peter (admit)______admited_______ he (break)_____had broken___________ my
favorite vase the day before.
10. What _____had you done___________ (you / do) before you
(come)_____came___________ there?
11. Yesterday I (feel)________felt________ nervous as I (not prepare)____hadnt
prepared____________ my presentation carefully.
12. ________________ (Peter / come) to see you after he (finish)________________ his
work?
13. Mary (prepare)________________ the meal before she (invite)________________ her
new neighbor to have lunch with her.
14. Before I (buy)_____________ a car, I (travel)________________ by bus for nearly 5
years.
15. As soon as Jane (see)_____________ Jim, she (storm)________________ out of the
room.

EX 3:Rewrite these sentences, using the given words.

1. Before / Peter / go / university /,/ he / take / gap / year.
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2. Where / you / be / before / you / come / home.
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3. There / be / many / trees / along / street / before / people / cut / them / down.
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4. Jim / be / very / upset / before / Mary / cheer / him / up.
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5. She / tell / me / yesterday / she / not / finish / her / assignment / yet.
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6. What / happen / after / Jim / propose / to / Jane?
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7. You / eat / dinner / before / you / come / here?
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8. Peter / travel / a lot / before / his leg / seriously / injure / in / accident.
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EX 4: Choose the correct forms of each verb to complete the sentences.

commute be (not) build suffer do

evacuate cooperate try mushroom want

1. In the past, people ________________ by tram before it was replaced by other modern
means of transport.
2. Our family ________________ from poverty before we received help from the local
people.
3. There ________________ only a slight increase in the amount of money we earned each
month after I changed my job.
4. The service industry in our region ________________ before the recession.
5. They ________________ any flyovers in our area before 2014.
6. Mary and Jane ________________ closely in the project before they hated each other.
7. What ________________ (people) to earn a living before they worked in that factory?
8. They ________________ several times before they gave up on their dream.
9. The local authorities _____________ people from the dangerous area before the flood
came.
10. I (always) ________________ to become a superman before I realized that superman
wasn’t real.