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Past perfect exercises
Use of Past Perfect had+perfect tense

* action taking place before a certain time in the past (putting emphasis only on the fact, not the duration)
* We use Simple Past if we give past events in the order in which they occured. However, when we look back from a certain time in the past to tell what had happened before, we use Past Perfect.Past Perfect - Simple Past (Statements) - Exercise Explanation: Past Perfect - Simple Past contrasted
1) After Fred had spent (to spend) his holiday in Italy he wanted (to want) to learn Italian.
2) Jill had phoned (to phone) Dad at work before she left (to leave) for her trip.
3) Susan turned on (to turn on) the radio after she had washed (to wash) the dishes.
4) When she arrived (toarrive) the match had started (to start).
5) After the man had come (to come) home he (to feed) fed the cat
6) Before he sang (to sing) a song he had played (to play) the guitar
7) She watched (to watch) a video after the children had gone(to go) to bed.
8) After Eric had made (to make) breakfast he phoned(to phone) his friend.
9) I was (to be) very tired because I had studied (to study) toomuch.
10) They had ridden (to ride) their bikes before they met (to meet) their friends.

Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect simple).
1. The storm destroyed the sandcastle that wehad built (build) .
2. He (not / be) hadn’t been to Cape Town before 1997.
3. When she went out to play, she (do / already)had already done her homework.
4. My brother ate all of the cake that ourmum had made(make)
5. The doctor took off the plaster that he had put on (put on) on six weeks before.
6. The waiter brought a drink that I hadn’t ordered (not / order)
7. I could not remember the poem we had learned/learnt(learn) the week before.
8. The children collected the chestnuts that had fallen (fall) from the tree.
9. (he / phone) had he phoned Angie before he went to see her inLondon?
10. She (not / ride) hadn’t ridden a horse before that day.

Complete the questions in Past Perfect Simple.
1. (what / Bob / do) what had Bob done that he was kept in after school?
2. (you / eat) had you eaten anything before you went to the theatre?
3. (he / live) had he lived in London before he moved to Glasgow?
4. (she / find) had she found a new job by that time?
5. (they / book)had they booked a room before they went to Dublin?
6. (how often / you / ring) how often had you rung the bell before he answered the door?
7. (why / they / have) why had they had dinner before they came to the party?
8. (Carly / wash) had Carly washed the dishes when her mum came home?
9. (you / read) had you read the contract before you signed it?
10. (who / live) who had lived in the housebefore we moved in?

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or past perfect simple).
1. Yesterday a boy (destroy) destroyed the snowman that we (build) had built.
2. Jimmy (tell) told us about the film that he (see) had seen.
3. We (find) found the mobile phone that Marwin (lose) had lost.
4. He (sing) sang a song that I (hear / never) had never heard before.
5. Cathrine (open)opened the window that I (close / just) had just closed.

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or past perfect simple).
1. William (live) lived in Boston for six years before he (move) had moved to New York.
2. The blue car (cross) had crossed the street after the lights (turn) turned red.
3. When James (try) tried to ring us, we (leave / already) had already left the house.
4.After Joanna (finish) had finished her presentation, we (ask) asked our questions.
5. On her first day at the driving school, we (be) were very nervous because we (drive / not) hadn’t driven a car before.

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or pas perfect simple).

1. It (be) was a cold and rainy Sunday, so I (decide) decided to finish the essay that I (start) had started...