past perfect
past perfect & past simple
past continuous
past perfect continuous
future perfect
100

I ______ (finish) my homework before dinner. 

I had finished my homework before dinner. 

100

Anna ______ (sign up) for the competition before the teacher and Yasmin ______ (know) about it. 

Anna had signed up for the competition before the teacher and Yasmin knew about it. 

100

They ________ (play) the guitar when his mom came home. 

They were playing the guitar when his mom came home. 

100

I ______ (study) for three hours when she ______ (call). 

I had been studying for three hours when she called. 

100

I ______ (finish) the report by Friday. 

I will have finished the report by Friday. 

200

She ______ (leave) the party by the time I arrived. 

She had left the party by the time I arrived. 

200

Emma _______ (not shout) in class before John _______ (started) throwing her paper planes. 

Emma hadn't shouted in class before John started throwing her paper planes. 

200

My mom _____ (not / cook) when my dad arrived. 

My mom was not (wasn't) cooking when my dad arrived. 

200

We ______ (wait) for the bus for forty minutes before it _______ (arrive). 

We had been waiting for the bus for forty minutes before it arrived. 

200

She _____ (graduate) from college by next year. 

She will have graduated from college by next year. 

300

They _____ (live) in the city for ten years before _____ (move) to the countryside. 

They had lived in the city for ten years before moving to the countryside. 

300

Robert and Daniel ______ (not play) Jeopardy before they _______ (come) to high school. 

Robert and Daniel hadn't played jeopardy before they came to high school. 

300

Make into a question: 

_____ Julie ______ (sleep) at 7 o'clock yesterday morning? 

Was Julie sleeping at 7 o'clock yesterday morning? 

300

The team ______ (train) hard before the championship. 

The team had been training hard before the championship. 

300

We ______ (move) to our new house by September. 

We will have moved to our new house by September. 

400

The meeting ______ (end) before he _______ (get) there. 

The meeting had ended before he got there. 

400

I _____ (be) to Paris before my brother _____ (go) there. 

I had been to Paris before my brother went there. 

400

You ______ (not / listen) to me while I was talking. 

You were not (weren't) listening to me while I was talking. 
400

They _______ (travel) for a month before they ______ (return) home. 

They had been traveling for a month before they returned home. 

400

He _______ (save) enough money for a car by December. 

He will have saved enough money for a car by December. 

500

He ______ (not / travel) abroad before he ______ (go) to France. 

He had not traveled abroad before he went to France. 

500

They _______ (come) home and ________ (see) all the windows broken. They _______ (realize) someone ________ (rob) them. 

They came home and saw all the windows broken. They realized someone had robbed them. 

500

When the police ______ (arrive) at the party, the music _______ (play) very loudly and everyone _______ (shout). 

When the police arrived at the party, the music was playing very loudly and everyone was shouting. 

500

By the time you _______ (arrive), I _______ (cook) for hours. 

By the time you arrived, I had been cooking for hours. 

500

By the time you arrive, I ______ (cook) dinner. 

By the time you arrive, I will have cooked dinner.