Grade 6_Past Perfect

Complete the next phrase.

When we arrived at the cinema the film ______ already __________.

• was/started

• have/started

• had/started

• is/started

Complete the next phrase with the correct option.

When he _______________, me not still.

• Had returned

• Returned

• Has returned

• Have returned

Which are some characteristics of the past perfect?

• Points to events that happened before others.

• Points to events in the future.

• Points to events that already happened.

• Points to events in the present.

Select the correct option for past simple.

We ________________ 3 birds in the new petshop.

• Bright

• Bought

• Bougth

• Steal

When I was 10 I was playing with my friends, then I passed out because I had not eaten anything.

Which verb shows the past perfect?

• Was

• Passed out

• Had not eaten

• Was playing

She _______________________ in Sweden before she went to Norway.

• had lived

• lived

After they _________________ the shellfish, they ________________ to feel sick.

• ate, had begun

• had eaten, began

After she _______ (finishes) her work, she went to lunch

• had finished
• finished
• was finishing
• has been finishing

Before the police arrived, the thief _______ (got) away

• had gotten
• have been getting
• was getting
• got

By the time I arrived, the meeting _____ (start)

• had started
• started
• has been starting
• was starting