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PA S T P E R F E C T
MIXED
[ Exercise 1 ]

Use the verbs in brackets to make the Past Perfect

(this exercise includes positive, negative, Yes/‌No and Wh-question form).

Example:
Matthew understood that he his keys somewhere in the park. (to lose)

Answer:
Matthew understood that he had lost his keys somewhere in the park.

1. Yesterday we discussed the book which we before. (to read)

2. What you before you left for work?

(to write)

3. Lucy the flat by 5 o’clock. (not / to clean)

4. I in the country before I met my wife. (to live)

5. they at this place before they

served in the army? (to work)

6. She remembered that she her keys in the car. (to leave)

7. How many pages he by Monday?

(to translate)

8. John said that he this woman before. (not / to talk to)

9. I my homework by 8 am (not / to finish)

10. we the guests our new painting

before they left? (to show)

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11. They told us many interesting things which they in New
Zealand. (to see)

12. We a hotel before we started our journey. (not / to book)

13. What he before he got married?

(to collect)

14. you home by 11 am? (to return)

15. We the door before we left. (not / to close)

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 PA S T P E R F E C T
MIXED
[ Exercise 1 ]

A N S W E R S

1. had read.
2. had / written.
3. had not cleaned.
4. had lived.
5. Had / worked.
6. had left.
7. had / translated.
8. had not talked to.
9. had not finished.
10. Had / shown.
11. had seen.
12. had not booked.
13. had / collected.
14. Had / returned.
15. had not closed.

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