Past Perfect Simple and Continuous

Past Perfect Simple & Past Perfect Continuous:

​Review and Practice

Multiple Choice

When we got to the cinema, the film had already started.

Which action happened first?

• They got to the cinema.

• The film started.

Multiple Choice

When we got to the cinema, the film had already started.

Which verb form is used to indicate that something happened BEFORE something else in the past?

• Present Simple

• Past Simple

• Past Perfect Simple

• The Passive

​What's the difference between these two sentences?

​When we got to the cinema, the film had already started.

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When we got to the cinema, the film started.

Multiple Choice

We were feeling hungry even though we ................................ lunch only an hour before.

• have eaten

• had eaten

• had ate

• ate

Multiple Choice

I didn't know my way round the city because I ............................... there before.

• have never been

• never went

• had gone

• had never been

Multiple Select

The party, which our hosts ........................... before we arrived, was one of the most enjoyable parts of our trip.

• organised

• has organised

• were organised

• had organised

Multiple Choice

When I ............................. in Nairobi, I wasn't allowed to leave the airport because I .............................. my passport.

• arrived / lost

• was arriving / lost

• arrived / had lost

• arrived / have lost

​Which sentence focusses on the length of time spent cooking?

​A. Hannah was tired because she'd been cooking all day.

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B. She looked up a recipe online because she'd never cooked a turkey before.

Multiple Choice

Which verb phrase is in the past perfect continuous?

• She's been cooking

• She'd been cooking...

• She'd never cooked...

• She's cooking...

Multiple Choice

I was disappointed when I saw the film because I ................................... a lot of good reviews about it.

• was reading

• had read

• have read

• had been reading

Multiple Choice

I ........................................ forward to seeing the film for ages before it came out on Netflix.

• had been looking

• had looked

• looked

• was looking

Multiple Choice

They ................................. on improving the technology for years before they actually made the film.

• had been working

• worked

• had worked

• have worked

Multiple Choice

Before the first Shrek film in 2001, viewers ................................. such good animation.

• had been seeing

• saw

• had never seen

• have seen

Multiple Choice

I couldn't believe he ............................ such a thing!

• have done

• 's done

• 'd did

• 'd done

Multiple Choice

I was hungry when I arrived because I ............................... anything to eat all day.

• didn't have

• didn't had

• hadn't had

• hadn't been having

Multiple Choice

Joe .................................... to London before and he found it really exciting.

• had never been

• has never been

• had never been going

• was never been

Multiple Choice

On one of my birthdays, my dad ............................. me a bicycle because I'd always wanted one.

• had bought

• bought

• was buying

• have bought

Multiple Choice

She was 18 years old and she ............................... school two weeks earlier.

• did just finish

• just finished

• 'd just been finishing

• 'd just finished

Multiple Choice

Tina went to see the doctor because she ......................................... well for months.

• hadn't been sleeping

• haven't been sleeping

• hadn't slept

• wasn't sleeping