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1. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the Past Perfect tense:
a. By the time I arrived at the party, everyone _______ (leave).
b. She _______ (finish) her homework before she went to bed.
c. They _______ (watch) the movie twice before it was released.
d. He _______ (visit) Paris several times before he moved there.
e. The team _______ (practice) for weeks before the big game.
Responses:
1. Really? How was it?
2. How long had they been living there?
3. Had you tried their specialty dish?
4. Had he double-checked all the calculations?
5. What did you think of the movie?
5. Write a short story using the Past Perfect tense to describe a sequence of
events.