Past Perfect 1
Which event happened first? “When we arrived, our friends had left.”
A. We arrived.
B. Our friends left.
C. We met our friends.
B. Our friends left.
Complete the sentence: “They were tired because they ______ all day.”
A. had worked
B. had been working
C. both A and B can be possible, depending on the intended meaning
B. had been working
Change to reported speech: “I'm tired,” she said.
A. She said she is tired.
B. She said she was tired.
C. She said I was tired.
B. She said she was tired.
Complete the sentence: “She told me she ______ the book before I recommended it.”
A. reads
B. has read
C. had read
C. had read
Complete the sentence: “He was hungry because he ______ breakfast.”
A. didn't eaten
B. hadn't eaten
C. hasn't ate
B. hadn't eaten
Complete the sentence: “I couldn't get into my house because I ______ my keys.”
A. forget
B. had forgotten
C. have forget
B. had forgotten
Change to reported speech: “I will call you,” he said.
A. He said he will call me.
B. He said he would call me.
C. He said he called me.
B. He said he would call me.
Complete the story: “I ______ never ______ sushi before I visited Japan.”
A. have / tried
B. had / tried
C. did / tried
B. had / tried
Complete the sentence: “By the time the police arrived, the thief ______.”
A. escapes
B. has escaped
C. had escaped
C. had escaped
Make a sentence using the past perfect and the phrase by the time.
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Change to reported speech: “I don't like spiders,” she said.
A. She said she doesn't like spiders.
B. She said she didn't like spiders.
C. She said she hadn't liked spiders.
B. She said she didn't like spiders.
Choose the correct sentence.
A. When I got to the station, the train had already leave.
B. When I had got to the station, the train has already left.
C. When I got to the station, the train had already left.
C. When I got to the station, the train had already left.
Complete the sentence: “When I arrived at the cinema, the film ______ already ______.”
A. has / started
B. had / started
C. did / started
B. had / started
Correct the mistake: “I had saw that movie before.
Answer: I had seen that movie before.
Change to reported speech: “I have finished my homework,” he said.
He said he had finished his homework.
Report this statement: “I met an interesting scientist,” she said.
She said she had met an interesting scientist.
Choose the correct sentence.
A. She had went home before I called.
B. She has gone home before I called.
C. She had gone home before I called.
C. She had gone home before I called.
Combine the sentences using the past perfect: “She finished her homework. Then she watched TV.”
She had finished her homework before she watched TV.
Change to reported speech: “I'm hungry,” she said.
She said she was hugry.
Complete the story using both the past perfect and reported speech:
“James arrived late because he ______ missed the bus. He explained, ‘I didn't hear my alarm.’”
James arrived late because he had missed the bus. He explained that he hadn't heard his alarm.