THE PAST PERFECT TENSE

PAST PERFECT

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When I arrived, what had you done or what had you been doing ?
When I arrived, I had + V3

PAST PERFECT

• When I arrived, she left. (=She left after I arrived.)

• When I arrived, she had left. (She left before I arrived.)

• When I arrived, she left.

• When I arrived, she had left.

​What is the difference ?

PAST TENSES

Multiple Select

They __________ dinner when the doorbell rang.

• were having

• were eating

• are eating

• are having

Multiple Choice

By the time she arrived at the station, the train __________.

• had been leaving

• had left

• left

• leave

Multiple Choice

We __________ to the cinema last weekend.

• went

• had gone

• gone

• was going

Multiple Select

 3. I __________ in London for five years before I moved to New York.

• had been living

• was living

• lived

• had lived

Multiple Choice

 4. While she __________ the dishes, he was watching TV.

• was doing

• had done

• were doing

• had been doing