Past Perfect

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Multiple Choice

Read the sentence. Choose the action that happened first.

Anna had finished her homework as her brother arrived.

• Anna finished her homework

• Her brother arrived

• Both at the same time

• None

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Tom

(clean) the kitchen as his friends arrived.

Reorder

Put the words in the correct order.

• She

• had

• called

• before

• she arrived

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Match

Match the two parts.

• He had eaten

• As I arrived

• I had saved the file

• We had studied a lot

• As the taxi stopped

before he went out.

they had already started the movie.

before the computer shut down.

before the test began.

she had packed her bags.

• before he went out.

• they had already started the movie.

• before the computer shut down.

• before the test began.

• she had packed her bags.

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Lisa ​

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home as it ​

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to rain. She ​

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her umbrella, so she ​

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inside quickly and ​

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a taxi.

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had left

started

had forgotten

ran

called

left

forgotten

had run

had call

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Options (16)

had cooked

had finished

had seen

had completed

had started

had learned

had traveled

had written

went

saw

finished

played

called

visited

talked

bought

Put each action in the correct column.

First Action (Past Perfect):

Second Action (Past Simple):

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They left the stadium ​

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the game had ended.

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since

that

until

Multiple Choice

Which action happened first?

He had eaten all the pizza as his friends arrived.

• He ate the pizza

• His friends arrived

Fill in the Blanks

The bus left

we had just got to the stop.

Reorder

Reorder the following

• He turned off

• the oven

• since

• he had

• baked the cake

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

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Open Ended

Write two sentences explaining two actions. Use past perfect for the first action.

Example answer: I had cleaned the kitchen before my friends arrived.

Audio Response

Using the past perfect, tell two actions about the image.

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Audio Response

Using the past perfect, tell two actions about the image.

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Video Response

Show two short actions with your hands or objects. Then say which action happened first using the past perfect.
Example: pick up a pen, then open a notebook.

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Video Response

Record a short video. Show two things and explain what had already happened using “as” or “since”. Keep it short.
Example: show some food already prepared and tell who cooked it.

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Open Ended

Write a short text (4–6 sentences) about something that happened in your day. Include one moment when one action happened before another. Use the past perfect for the first action.

Example: I woke up early today. I was tired because I had gone to bed very late. When I got to the kitchen, I had already made my coffee. After that, I left for work feeling better.