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Past Perfect Simple

A Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the
Past Perfect Simple.
had caught
1 By ten o’clock, the police ...................................... (catch) the thief.
2 By the time we got to the park, the concert ...................................... (begin).
3 I didn’t know that my neighbours ...................................... (not move) yet.
4 Did she show you the pictures that she ...................................... (take) last summer?
5 He ...................................... (study) for many years before he became a doctor.
6 They ...................................... (not plan) to visit Japan before they saw the documentary.
7 After we ...................................... (argue) for an hour, I realised that I was wrong.
8 ...................... the fire ...................... (start) by the time you arrived?

B Circle the verbs in each sentence. Then write 1 for the action that happened first (Past
Perfect Simple) and 2 for the action that happened second (Past Simple).
2 1
1 Debbie found the key that I had lost last week.
2 They went home after they had spoken to him.
3 After he had sold his car, he bought a new one.
4 He saw a restaurant after he had driven 200 km.
5 The house was very quiet because everybody had gone to sleep.
6 As soon as she had saved enough money, she bought new boots.
7 The shop closed a month after it had opened.
8 She didn’t remember where she had put her bag.

C Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple
or the Past Perfect Simple.
was
1 Sue ...................... had left (leave) her mobile phone at home.
(be) upset because she ......................
2 Andy ...................... (close) all the windows before he ...................... (leave) home.
3 We ...................... (fail) the test because we ...................... (not study) for it.
4 The plane ...................... (already / land) by the time we ...................... (get) to the airport.
5 They ...................... (not arrange) the chairs before the students ...................... (come) in.
6 
...................... you ...................... (finish) packing your suitcases by the time the taxi ......................
(arrive)?
7 John ...................... (not arrive) when I ...................... (call) for a taxi.
8 The phone ...................... (just / stop) ringing when I ...................... (walk) into the house.

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Past Perfect Simple Continuous – Answers
A 1 had caught
2 had begun
3 hadn’t moved
4 had taken
5 had studied
6 hadn’t planned
7 had argued
8 Had … started
2 1
B 1 Debbie found the key that I had lost last week.
2 1
2 They went home after they had spoken to him.
1 2
3 After he had sold his car, he bought a new one.
2 1
4 He saw a restaurant after he had driven 200 km.
2 1
5 The house was very quiet because everybody had gone to sleep.
1 2
6 As soon as she had saved enough money, she bought new boots.
2 1
7 The shop closed a month after it had opened.
2 1
8 She didn’t remember when she had put her bag.

C 1 was, had left


2 had closed, left
3 failed, hadn’t studied
4 had already landed, got
5 hadn’t arranged, came
6 Had ... finished, arrived
7 hadn't arrived, called
8 had just stopped, walked

Photocopiable © B Burlington Books 2

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