verbs
"to do" in past perfect
had done
I ______ (watch) the show when the pizza finally ______ (arrive).
I was watching the show when the pizza finally arrived.
She _______ in Sweden before she _______ to Norway (live/go).
She had lived in Sweden before she went to Norway.
__________ fifteen minutes before an exam? (you/ever/ study)
Have you ever studied fifteen minutes before an exam?
I thought it was the best film I ____(ever/see), but I ____ (be) so wrong.
I thought it was the best film I had ever seen, but I was so wrong.
"to know" in past perfect
had known
They __________ to the beach when the police ___________ them for speeding. (drive, stop)
They were driving to the beach when the police stopped them for speeding.
You _____ Mandarin before you ______ to China (study/move).
You had studied Mandarin before you moved to China.
___________ (ever/be) to London before you went there in 2015?
Had you ever been to London before you went there in 2015?
While I _____ (read) my book, I _____ (hear) a noise. I _____ (think) that I _____ (hear) that noise before.
While I was reading my book, I heard a noise. I thought that I had heard that noise before.
"to fly" in past perfect
had flown
I ___________ my wallet while we _________to the supermarket. (lose, walk)
I lost my wallet while we were walking to the supermarket.
Before the students ________ to write, the teacher _________ their mobile phones (start/collect).
Before the students started to write, the teacher had collected their mobile phones.
__________ the instructions before you solved the exam? (you/to read)
Had you read the instructions before you solved the exam?
Mary ____ (ride) a bike when she ____(fall) down. A boy _____ (help) her. He ____(be) the most handsome boy she ____ (ever/see) before.
Marywas riding a bike when she fell down. A boy helped her. He was the most handsome boy she had ever seen before.
"to forget " in past perfect
had forgotten
My mother _____________ when the fire alarm suddenly __________ off. (sleep, go)
My mother was sleeping when the fire alarm suddenly went off.
I________what my mother___________. (could not remember, say)
I couldn´t remember what my mother had said.
After I ____ (examine) all the phones, I ____ (choose) the cheapest model.
After I had examined all the phones, I chose the cheapest model.
I ____ (learn) Italian before I ____ (visit) Milan.
I had learned Italian before I visited Milan.
"to bigin" in past perfect
had begun
When the kids ____ (wake up), their parents _____ (already /prepare) breakfast.
When the kids woke up their parents had already prepared the breakfast.
When the people________at the cinema the film_________already______. (arrive, start)
When the people arrived at the cinema the film had already started.
What is the best experience you _______? (ever/have)
What is the best experience you have ever had?
She _____ (finish) writing letters by two o’clock.
She had finished writing letters by two o’clock.