Past Perfect
He ___________(meet) her somewhere before.
had met
She ______________(practice) for hours, but she couldn't get it right.
had been practicing
I _______________(work) there for a year.
I have been working / have worked there for a year.
I had went to the store.
gone
By the time I ______(wake up), my parents ______________(leave) the house already.
woke up/ had left
Combine 2 statements with "by the time":
1. I got home.
2. My children play outside.
By the time I got home, my children had been playing outside.
We have been travelling/ had been travelling for more than 10 hours when we landed in Japan.
had been travelling
By the time my daughter turned 19, I had been teaching her to drive since 2 years.
By the time my daughter turned 19, I had been teaching her to drive for 2 years.
I _____________ (eat) all of the pizza when you __________ (arrive).
had eaten/ arrived
Complete the negative sentence using past perfect continuous:
The farmers' fields became very dry because _________________(it/ not rain/ for weeks)
........ it had not been raining
For many years, people have been dreaming/ had been dreaming of space tourism.
have been dreaming
The airplane is the most popular means of travel for many years.
has been
Use the Past Perfect to give a reason why you came late to class.
Provide a complete grammatical sentence.
because + Past Perfect to show that something happened before the verb in the main clause
Write a sentence using the past perfect continuous:
"they/ ask/ directions/ they/ drive around/ hours"
By the time/ When they asked for directions, they had been driving for hours.
It is still snowing. It ____________ (start) last night, and it ______________ (not, stop) yet.
It is still snowing. It started snowing last night, and it hasn't stopped yet.
Have you already heard the news when I texted you?
Had you already heard the news when I texted you?
Make a sentence using Past Perfect with past participle of the verb HAVE
had had
Make a question in Past Perfect Continuous for the following answer:
"We had been living in our home countries before we came to Tampa."
Where had we been living...?
Had we been living...?
A: _______________ (space missions/ always/ be) successful?
B: They ____________ (be) successful until 1986 when the first major accident ______________ (occur).
Have space missions always been successful?
The had been..../ occurred
I been interested in learning more about Titanic survivors ever since I had seen the movie.
I have been interested in learning more about Titanic survivors ever since I saw the movie.