Past Perfect Tense English

What is the purpose of using Past Perfect Tense?

• To indicate that one past action happened before another past action.

• To describe actions that are currently happening.

• To express future actions that will happen before another future action.

• To indicate habitual actions in the past.

Give an example of a sentence in Past Perfect Tense.

• I had finished my homework before dinner.

• I finish my homework before dinner.

• I will finish my homework before dinner.

• I was finishing my homework before dinner.

What does 'had not eaten' mean?

• It means that the action of eating did not happen before a certain time in the past.

• It indicates that someone is currently eating.

• It suggests that eating will happen in the future.

• It refers to a habitual action of eating.

Fill in the blank: She _______ (to ride) a horse before that day.

• hadn't ridden

• hasn't rode

• didn't ride

• had rode

Fill in the blank: They _______ (to eat) so we went to a restaurant.

• had not eaten

• were eating

• have eaten

• did not eat

Fill in the blank: They _______ (to see) that movie before.

• had seen

• have seen

• saw

• see

Fill in the blank: When I arrived at the cinema, the film _______ (to start).

• had started

• was starting

• starts

• is starting

Fill in the blank: The storm destroyed the building that we _______ (to build) again.

• had built

• have built

• built

• was building

Fill in the blank: She _______ (to live) in China before she went to Thailand.

• lives

• had lived

• was living

• has lived

What is the past participle of 'to eat'?

• eaten

• ate

• eats

• eating