Mastering Past Perfect Tenses

Formulate a sentence using the past perfect: 'She (finish) her homework before dinner.'

• She had finished her homework before dinner.

• She has finished her homework before dinner.

• She finished her homework before dinner.

• She will finish her homework before dinner.

Use past perfect continuous: 'They (wait) for an hour when the bus finally arrived.'

• They were waiting for an hour when the bus finally arrived.

• They had been waiting for an hour when the bus finally arrived.

• They had waited for an hour when the bus finally arrived.

• They have been waiting for an hour when the bus finally arrived.

Identify the time expression: 'By the time he arrived, I (leave).'

• By the time he arrived, I had left.

• By the time he arrived, I leave.

• By the time he arrived, I was leaving.

• By the time he arrived, I had been leaving.

Put the verb in the correct tense: 'After she (see) the movie, she (tell) me about it.'

• After she saw the movie, she told me about it.

• After she had seen the movie, she told me about it.

• After she was seeing the movie, she was telling me about it.

• After she sees the movie, she tells me about it.

Formulate a past perfect sentence: 'He (never/see) such a beautiful sunset before.'

• He has never seen such a beautiful sunset before.

• He had never saw such a beautiful sunset before.

• He never seen such a beautiful sunset before.

• He had never seen such a beautiful sunset before.

Use past perfect continuous: 'I (study) for three hours before the exam started.'

• I was studying for three hours before the exam started.

• I have studied for three hours before the exam started.

• I study for three hours before the exam started.

• I had been studying for three hours before the exam started.

Recognize the time expression: 'When I got to the party, everyone (already/leave).'

• had already leave

• has already left

• was already leaving

• had already left

Put the verb in the right tense: 'She (work) at the company for five years before she quit.'

• She had been working at the company for five years before she quit.

• She worked at the company for five years before she quits.

• She was working at the company for five years before she quit.

• She has worked at the company for five years before she quit.

Formulate a sentence using past perfect: 'They (not/finish) their project before the deadline.'

• They had finished their project before the deadline.

• They have not finished their project before the deadline.

• They had not finished their project before the deadline.

• They did not finish their project before the deadline.

Use past perfect continuous: 'We (play) soccer for two hours when it started to rain.'

• We were playing soccer for two hours when it started to rain.

• We had been playing soccer for two hours when it started to rain.

• We have played soccer for two hours when it started to rain.

• We play soccer for two hours when it started to rain.