Past Perfect Simple and Continuous

... to the National Museum before we went last month?

• Have you been
• Had you been
• Had you be
• Hadn't you been

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Identify the past perfect tense verb phrase.
I wrote my report on food history after I had gathered a lot of information from books and websites.

• wrote
• on food history
• had gathered
• from books

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Identify the past perfect tense verb phrase.
Before 10,000 B.C. people had developed bread making.

• before 10,000 BC
• had developed
• developed bread making
• bread making

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Before she had dinner, she ...... in the garden.

• had worked
• worked
• was working
• has worked

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

She needed help because someone .......... her money.

• steal
• stole
• had stolen
• has stolen

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

I tried to find Mr Jones but he wasn't around. Then I found out he 
......................

• had died
• died
• have died
• has died

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

When I phoned Andrew, he was very unhappy

• because something terrible had happened the day before.
• because something terrible had been happening the day before.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

He couldn’t phone the plumber

• because he had lost his phone number.
• because he had been losing his phone number.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

When the plumber finally arrived,

• Andrew had waited for three hours.
• Andrew had been waiting for three hours.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

We had already eaten when John ________________________________ (come) home.  

• came
• had come

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D