Past perfect tenes

Which tense describes an action that happened before another action in the past?

• Past continuous

• Present simple

• Past perfect continuous

• Past perfect

Before I ___________ him, I ________________ a lot about his story. ( meet/ know)

• met- had known

• was meeting- had known

• had met- knew

• met- knew

How many English books (read/she) _____ before she (go) ___ to London?

• had she read / went

• had she been reading / went

• have you read / went

• had she read / /had gone

Rewrite the following sentences that keep the same meaning:

David had gone home before we arrived.

• David had gone home before we arrived.

• After David had gone home, we arrived.

• After David went home, we had arrived.

• David went home before we arrived.

Signs of the past perfect

• before, by the time, after, when

• last, yesterday, ago

• always, usually, often,never

• when, since, for

Tony knew Istanbul so well because he ________ (visit) the city several times.

• visit

• visiting

• had been visiting

• had visited

By the time I arrived, everyone ... !

• had left

• had leave

• have leave

• have left

I didn't eat anything at the party because ... at home.

• I already seen

• I have already seen

• I saw

• I had already seen

They were hot because ... .

• they have been dancing

• they has been dancing

• they had been dancing

• they been dancing

The past perfect happened and finished first ........ .

• present simple

• present perfect

• past simple

• past continuous