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GRAMMAR WORKSHEET 10 Module 2 – Young people today

PAST PERFECT AND PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

A. When Mr and Mrs Smith arrived home after a weekend away, they were upset to find out what their
teenage son Louis had done. Make sentences with the cues given.
1. Louis / have / a party without permission.
2. He / invite / people he didn’t know.
3. He and his friends / not tidy up / the house.
4. The neighbours / complain / about the noise.
5. He / miss / his football training that morning.
6. He / not study / for the test on Monday.

B. Louis apologised and explained himself. Complete what he said with the Past Perfect Continuous of
the verbs in brackets.

1. Louis confessed he _______________________ (plan) that party for some time.

2. He said he _______________________ (chat) with some new friends and had invited them too.
3. He was too tired to clean up because he _______________________ (party) all night.
4. The neighbours _______________________ (wait) for Mr and Mrs Smith.
5. Louis _______________________ (sleep) all morning on Sunday.
6. In the afternoon he __________________ (do) his homework, so he had no time to study for the test.

C. Choose the best option.

1. Louis’s parents made him clean up the mess he and his friends _________________ the night before.

a) had made b) had been making

2. Louis was upset when he noticed his mother’s eyes were red because she _____________________.
a) had cried b) had been crying

3. She ____________ never ____________________ he would do such a thing without permission.

a) had … thought b) had … been thinking

4. If his parents ____________________ about the party, they wouldn’t have been so angry.
a) had known b) had been knowing

5. In their opinion, lately Louis ____________________ but nothing too serious.

a) had misbehaved b) had been misbehaving

6. When Louis was little, he ____________ always _______________________ an obedient son.

a) had … been b) had … been being

7. His teenage years _____________________ very difficult to deal with.

a) had become b) had been becoming

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