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Change these verbs into past perfect tense: eat, slide, and speak.
eaten, slid, spoken
Change these verbs into past perfect tense: stick, tear, sleep.
stuck, torn, slept
Change these verbs into past perfect tense: deal, freeze, blow.
dealt, frozen, blown
They took a shower after they ___________________ (finish) the game.
They took a shower after they had finished the game.
I ___________________ (not tell) my teacher that my mum ___________________ (help) me with my homework.
I did not tell my teacher that my mum had helped me with my homework.
I ___________________ (be) very angry when I ___________________ (see) that my brother ___________________ (eat) my apple.
I was very angry when I saw that my brother had eaten my apple.
Because she ___________________ (not check) the oil for so long, the car ___________________ (break) down.
Because she had not checked the oil for so long, the car broke down.
I heard a knock at the front door so I (went / was going) to answer it.
went
At this time yesterday, I (wrote / was writing) an essay.
was writing
Choose the sentence which is closer in meaning to the original.
I had already seen the film but I decided to watch it again last night.
a. I watched the film last night for the first time. b. Last night wasn’t the first time that I had seen the film
b
Choose the sentence which is closer in meaning to the original.
My aunt bought me a lovely gift after she had spent the summer holiday with us.
a. When the summer holiday was over, my aunt bought me a lovely gift. b. While my aunt was spending the summer holiday with us, she bought us a lovely gift.
a
Choose the sentence which is closer in meaning to the original.
I was writing an e-mail when our computer broke down.
a. Our computer broke down before I wrote an e-mail. b. I had started writing an e-mail and then our computer broke down.
b
How long you (be) ________ there?
How long you were there?
- Why didn’t you eat any of her birthday cake?
- I (not/can) _______ help it, I (just/eat)__________ a huge meal.
- I couldn't help it. I had just eaten a huge meal.
It was twenty to six. Most of the shop just (close)______
It was twenty to six. Most of the shop had just closed.