EXERCISE OF PAST PERFECT

EX1: Chia động từ trong ngoặc:

1) After they (see) _____________ the Tower, they (go) to Westminster Abbey.
2) He (ask) _____________ me which animals I (see) _____________ in Africa.
3) After Columbus (discover) _____________ America, he (return) _____________ to Spain.
4) Before they (move) _____________ to Liverpool, they (sell) _____________ everything.
5) After he (work) _____________ very hard, he (fall) _____________ ill.
6) She (open) _____________ the box after she (find) _____________ the key.
7) They (go) _____________ to a restaurant after they (sail) _____________.
8) Before they (start) _____________ the party, they (invite) _____________ some friends.
9) After she (wash) _____________ the curtains, she (clean) _____________ the windows.
10) They (go) _____________ for a sightseeing tour after the bus (arrive) _____________.
11) Before he (mow) _____________ the lawn, he (pick) _____________ some roses.
12) After he (finish) _____________ school, he (work) _____________ for a magazine.
13) They (drink) _____________ a cup of tea after they (finish) _____________ lunch.
14) He (ask) _____________ me for her telephone number before he (phone) _____________ her.
15) My sister (eat) _____________ all the chocolate before my parents (come) _____________ home.
16) After the company (hire)____________ Joe, he began to work on his first project.
17) _____ you (hear) _______ the news before you saw it on TV?
18) Michael didn’t want to see the movie because he ____________ the book yet. (not read)
19) The concert _________ already (begin) __________ when we (enter)__________ the stadium.
20) Until Anne (meet)___________ Mark, she _______ never (be)_________ in love.
21) Bill (smoke)__________ for years before he finally (quit)_______.
22) _______ Sara ever (drive)_______ to London by herself before then?
23) How many fish _________ the boys (catch)________ by the time it started raining?
24) You (forbid)________ them to go to the beach, hadn’t you?
25) ____ the girls (exercise) _______ in weeks? That’s why they (hurt)________ so much afterward.
26) The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we _________ (build).
27) He _________ (not / be) to Cape Town before 1997.
28) When she went out to play, she _________ (do / already) her homework.
29) My brother ate all of the cake that our mum ________ (make) .
30) The doctor took off the plaster that he _________ (put on) six weeks before.
31) The waiter brought a drink that I __________ (not / order).
32) I could not remember the poem we __________ (learn) the week before.
33) The children collected the chestnuts that ________ (fall) from the tree.
34) ___________ (he / phone) Angie before he went to see her in London?
35) She _________ (not / ride) a horse before that day.
36) Kevin _________ (go) home by the time I arrived.
37) Ethan suddenly realised that he ________ (leave) his laptop on the train.
38) Mum was annoyed because I _________ (not clean) my room.
39) __________ (they / study) English before they went to the USA?
40) We were hungry because we _________ (not eat)
41) When Hoa arrived at the theater, the film ____________(start).
42) He ____________ (live) in Laos before He went to Vietnam.
43) After Lan ____________ (eat) the cake, Lan began to feel sick.
44) If he ____________ (listen) to me, he would have got the job.
45) Linh didn’t arrive until I _______________ (leave).
46) After they ____________ (finish) lunch, they went out.
47) The tree was dead because it ____________ (be) arid all summer.
48) I ____________ (meet) him somewhere before.
49) They were late for the flight because they ____________ (forget) their passports.
50) Linh told me she ____________ (study) a lot before the exam.
51) The leaf was yellow because it ____________ (not/rain) all summer.
52) The lamp went off because I ____________ (not/pay) the electricity bill.
53) Hoa____________ (not/do) her homework, so she was in trouble.
54) She ____________ (not/eat) so we went to a restaurant.
55) I couldn’t go into the cinema because I ____________ (not/bring) my tickets.
56) He said that He ____________ (not/visit) the US before.
57) Hoa and Lan ____________ (not/meet) before the exam.
58) I ____________ (not/have) lunch when she arrived.
59) She ____________ (not/use) smartphone before, so I showed her how to use it.
60) Linh ____________ (not/study) for the exam, so she was very anxious.

EX2: Hoàn thành đoạn văn sau:

Until a few years ago, no one 1. .………….. (hear) of Harry Potter, the young wizard and hero of the children’s
book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. The writer, J K Rowling, 2. ………….. (already/write) several
stories and books, but this was the first book that was published. She 3. …………… (get) the idea for the story
of a wizard at magic school while she 4. ………..…. (travel) on a train to London. By the time the train 5.
………………… (reach) King’s Cross station, she 6. ……………… (invent) most of the characters. When the
book was published in 1997, no one 7. ………….… (imagine) it would be such a tremendous success, but it
quickly 8…..(become) a bestseller. While millions of young readers in many countries 9. ………… (enjoy) her
first Harry Potter book, J K Rowling 10. ……….…… (think) of ideas for the next book in this incredibly
popular series.

EX3: Chọn câu có nghĩa gần giống câu gốc:

1. I had already seen the film but I decided to watch it again last night.
a. I watched the film last night for the first time.
b. Last night wasn’t the first time that I had seen the film.
2. The boys were playing football while it was raining.
a. The boys were playing football until it started to rain.
b. The boys played football in the rain.
3. I was writing an e-mail when our computer broke down.
a. Our computer broke down before I wrote an e-mail.
b. I had started writing an e-mail and then our computer broke down.
4. My aunt bought me a lovely gift after she had spent the summer holiday with us.
a. When the summer holiday was over, my aunt bought me a lovely gift.
b. While my aunt was spending the summer holiday with us, she bought us a lovely gift

EX4: Khoanh tròn dạng đúng của động từ ở thì quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ hoàn thành sau cho phù hợp
với ngữ cảnh câu:
1. The robbers left/ had left the bank when the policemen finally arrived/ had arrived.
2. When the rain started/ had started, the Atkinsons finished/ had finished planting trees.
3. By the time Rebecca went/ had gone into the store, she got/ had got soaked.
4. Darcey saw/ had seen this castle before she came/ had come again last Sunday.
5. Mr.Palmer didn’t speak/ hadn’t spoken any Chinese before he moved/ had moved to Peking.
6. Sonny got / had got fainted by the time the ambulance reached/ had reached the hospital.
7. When my mother brought/ had brought me an apple, I finished/ had finished my homework.
8. Mrs.Wilkinson refused/ had refused to drive the car because she had/ had had a terrible accident on the
highway about a year ago.
9. I didn’t think/ hadn’t thought of having a new house before I saw/ had seen that ad on TV.
10. My uncle didn’t try/ hadn’t tried Italian food before went/ had gone to that restaurant.

EX5: Sắp xếp các câu sau và chia động từ (nếu có)
1. The/ they/ get/ had/ off/ before/ of/ the/ turn/ light/ office/ out.

2. By/ begin/ time/ I/ my/ she/,/ had/ leave/ the/ quickly/ work.

3. After/ finish/ my/,/ we/ back/ father/ his/ home/ work/ come.

4. Before/ go/ had/ an/ novel/ my/ to/ brother/ read/ interesting/ he/ bed.

5. When/ her/ in/,/ he/ had/ join/ Linh/ best friend/ Bangkok/ the/ Ever/ meet.

6. Cuong/ this/ before/ last night/ had/ text/ he/ went/ translate/ out.

7. Hung/ your/ before/ meet/ had/ email/ he/ use/ you?

8. When/ I/ arrive/ had/ hadn’t/ my/ lunch/ parents.

9. They/ before/ had/ to/ the meeting/ speak/ her.

10. I/ that/ hadn’t/ see/ before/ was/ the man/ sure/ I.

EX6. Viết lại câu thì quá khứ hoàn thành:

1. David had gone home before we arrived.
=> After…………………………………………………………………………………….
2. We had lunch then we took a look around the shops.
=> Before……………………………………………………………………………………
3. The light had gone out before we got out of the office.
=> When…………………………………………………………………………………….
4. After she had explained everything clearly, we started our work.
=> By the time …………………………………………………………………………….
5. My father had watered all the plants in the garden by the time my mother came home.
=> Before………………………………………………………………………………….

EX7: Khoanh đáp án thích hợp:

1. We ________ finished eating dinner.
A. had not B. not had C. 'd had not
2. Had they _____ to her before?
A. spoke B. spoken C. spoked
3. You _____ not left yet.
A. would B. 'd C. would had
4. I had never _____ her before.
A. see B. saw C. seen
5. We arrived at 8:05, but the train _____ already left.
A. has B. have C. had
6. Sarah thought she ________ to that zoo before.
A. has been B. had be C. had been
7. Nobody explained why the project had ________ on time.
A. n't been completed B. not completed C. n't complete
8. He _____ us the item had been shipped.
A. told B. say C. asked
9. Dad explained ________ his job due to stress.
A. why he quitted B. that he had quit C. that he'd quite
10. Where _____ the security guard gone?
A. had B. have C. did
11. I couldn’t see the teacher because he ____________ before I arrived the school.
A. had left B. has left C. left D. was leaving
12. He was very tired because he ____________ the bags upstairs.
A. have carried B. had carried C. carried D. has carried
13. I was starving when I arrived home. I ____________ anything for two days.
A. didn’t eat B. wasn’t eaten C. hadn’t eaten D. haven’t eaten
14. He asked me to give his book back but I ____________ it.
A. have lost B. had lost C. was lost D. lost
15. The boy knocked the door. There was nobody inside. His mother ____________ yet.
A. hasn’t returned B. haven’t returned
C. hadn’t returned D. didn’t return
16. The sun was shining and the birds were singing when she got out. What a lovely day, she said to herself.
She looked at her car but it was not there. Somebody ____________ it.
A. has stolen B. have stolen C. had stolen D. stole
17. She answered all of the questions in the exam because she ____________ very well.
A. was studied B. had studied
C. has been studied D. have studied
18. It was sunny but very cold. The snow ____________ yet.
A. hadn’t completely melted B. hasn’t completely melted
C. haven’t completely melted D. wasn’t completely melted
19. Clara looked out the window. The pavement was wet. It ____________ at night.
A. has rained B. have been rained
C. have rained D. had rained
20. He couldn’t believe his eyes! His father _____________ him a new laptop as a birthday gift.
A. bought B. has bought C. had bought D. was bought
21. I was very late. When I arrived, the conference _____.
A. was already starting B. started C. had already started
22. When he heard the police knocking on the door, he ____ under the bed.
A. hid B. had hiden C. was hiding
23. The police arrested him because he _____ a gun.
A. carried B. was carrying C. had carried
24. When they arrived at the police station, he said that he _____ anything wrong.
A. didn't do B. wasn't doing C. hadn't done
25. When he said that he loved me, I knew that he _____.
A. lied B. was lying C. had lied
26. I looked at him and I knew he _____ in a fight, because he had a black eye.
A. was B. was being C. had been
27. He pulled out a gun and everybody _____ away.
A. ran B. was running C. had run
28. When I was a child, we _____ anywhere at weekends; it was boring.
A. never went B. were never going C. had never gone
29. When he retired he _____ in the company for more than 50 years.
A. was B. was being C. had been
30. I _____ to the road and we crashed.
A. didn't pay attention B. wasn't paying attention C. hadn't paid attention

EX8: Chọn từ thích hợp điền vào chỗ trống và chia theo thì:
cut, drink, snow, leave, read, make, ride, have, phone, wash
1. My mother _____________ the grass.
2. They _____________ the car.
3. ____________ her bike?
4. The bus ___________ already.
5. She ____________ us.
6. ________________ a lot?
7. They ____________ lunch.
8. It _____________ some water.
9. She ______________ a ghost story.
10. _____________ her bed?

EX9: Viết lại câu sao cho nghĩa không đổi:

1. David went home before we arrived.
→ After ………………………………………………………………………………….
2. We had snacks then we had a look around the shops.
→ After……………………………………………………………………………………
3. The light failed the moment they began work.
→ They had no sooner …………………………………………………………………….
4. We had never been so happy before.
→ We were…………………………………………………………………………………
5. I went to the zoo last year and that was where I saw a real tiger for the first time.
→ Before …………………………………………………………………………………..