Past Perfect

Past Perfect

When the dwarfs came home Snow White

• had eaten their dinner

• had drunk their strawberry juice

• had entered their bedroom

• was sleeping in their beds

The past perfect tense means that something had happened before the main action

1. Snow White was hungry.

2. She ate the dwarfs' dinner.

3. She drunk their juice.

4. She entered their bedroom.

5. She fell asleep.

When the dwarfs came home Snow White

• had eaten their dinner

• had drunk their strawberry juice

• had entered their bedroom

• was sleeping in their beds

Past Perfect

HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE (the 3rd form of the verb)

Otzi ate the ibex he had killed.

The walkers thought that was the body of a mountaineer, who had died recently.

Multiple Choice

Otzi was wearing shoes he ..... from tree bark and straw.

• had made

• had make

• make

• made

Multiple Choice

Otzi had 60 tattoos because he ....... ill.

• has been

• had been

• be

• been

Multiple Choice

The axe was amazing because Otzi ..... it on his own

• made

• makes

• was making

• had made

Multiple Choice

The archaeologists were amazed because they ......... such an ancient mummy before.

• not see

• hadn't seen

• weren't seeing

• didn't see

Fill in the Blanks

Before Otzi died, he

(kill) two of his enemies.

Multiple Choice

I was nervous because I .... my homework.

• not do

• hadn't done

• didn't do

• don't do

Multiple Choice

Grandma was angry because Jeremy ...... his milk.

• didn't use to drink

• didn't drink

• not drink

• hadn't drunk

Fill in the Blanks

It was cold because Mum

(open) the window.

Fill in the Blanks

Santa gave Shiela presents because she

(be) a good child.

Fill in the Blanks

When Shiela got up, Santa

(leave) a huge box under the Christmas tree.

Fill in the Blanks

It was the biggest box she ..... ever ......