Past Perfect Verb Tense

Multiple Choice

We use Past Perfect Tense when:

We talk about situations that happened before other actions in ...

• the past or a certain moment

• the present or at the moment

• the future

Multiple Select

How we form the past perfect (affirmative)?

• he/she/it

• I/you/we/they

• had

• have/has

• Past Participle + Object

Multiple Choice

The Usage of Past Perfect

To describe an action finished ... another past action.

Example: Ron had gone out when his wife arrived in the office.

• after

• before

• and

• because

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or Past Perfect form of the verbs in the brackets.

It ... (rain) all night and, although it ... (stop), the ground ... (be) still very wet.

• rained, had stopped, was

• rained, has stopped, had been

• has rained, stopped, had been

• had rained, had stopped, was

Multiple Choice

The Usage of Past Perfect

To explain past events or situations or give background information

Example: I ... (get)stuck in traffic because there ... (be) an accident.

• had got, was

• had got, had been

• got, had been

• got, has been

Open Ended

Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or Past Perfect form of the verbs in the brackets.

It ... (be) sunny every day for two weeks, but then it ... (start) to snow.