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past perfect

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When I got home, the children had already ___ to bed.

a)

went

b)

gone

c)

been

d)

eaten

2.

When I turned on the television, my favourite program _______.

a)

had nearly finish

b)

had nearly finished

c)

has nearly finish

3.

We ___ been out long when it started to rain.

a)

hadn't

b)

been't

c)

weren't

d)

haven't

4.

Select the sentence with a similar meaning: The film started. Then we arrived at the cinema.

a)

When we had arrived at the cinema, the film started.

b)

When we arrived at the cinema, the film had already started.

c)

When we had arrived at the cinema, the film starts.

5.

Which sentence has a similar meaning? Someone stole my phone. Then I found my bag and the phone was not there.

a)

When I had find my bag, I had notice that someone had stole my phone.

b)

When I found my bag, I noticed that someone had stolen my phone.

c)

When I have found my bag, I had noticed that someone had stolen my phone.

6.

Complete with the past perfect: We finally arrived at the hotel. It (a)   (be) a long journey and we were very tired.

7.

Complete with past simple...The council (a)   (have) to put speed cameras along the road because there had been seven fatal accidents in the past year.

8.

Past simple or past perfect? Complete with the correct conjugation: Emergency workers pulled three people from the wreckage. They (a)   (survive) under the wreckage for four days.

9.

Kathy was sad when she moved from her house because she _______ there for over fifteen years.

a)

had lived

b)

lives

c)

has living

d)

was lived

10.

Tom ________ great because he had stayed up late the night before.

a)

had feel

b)

felt

c)

had felted

d)

feeling