Past + Past Perfect
Past + Past Perfect
Fill in the correct form of the verb in brackets: Past or Past Perfect Tense /Simple or
Progressive)
1. My friend Tim __wasn’t feeling____ well yesterday because he __had eaten_______ too
many sweets. (NOT FEEL / EAT)
2. After she __had rested____ , she ___was feeling____ much better. (REST, FEEL)
3. She _had known___ him for a year before they finally ___went_____ on holidays
together. (KNOW, GO)
4. I asked him what ___had happened____ because I __was hearing____ noise the whole
morning. (HAPPEN, HEAR)
5. The next morning, I realised that someone ____had stolen______ my new bike. (STEAL)
6. I _didn’t go____ to the meeting last Monday because nobody __had invited____
me. (NOT GO, INVITE)
7. Dan was so excited because he __had just won____ €1,000 in the lottery. (JUST WIN)
8. After she ____had won____ her first major tournament, she __suffered____ from a
series of injuries. (WIN, SUFFER)
9. Our manager told us that the company ____had gone_____ bankrupt. (GO)
10.I __managed____ to pass the test because I ___had been studying_____ hard for a whole
week. (MANAGE, STUDY)
11.When we finally ___arrived______ at the stadium the match ___had been going______ on
for half an hour. (ARRIVE, GO)
12.Before we ____left________ for Spain, I ___had offered_____ to teach her some Spanish.
(LEAVE, OFFER)
13.We _had been walking/were walking___ for 10 minutes when we finally _____saw______
the train station. (WALK, SEE)
14.The suspect __had just left_____ the house when the police ___arrived_______ . (JUST
LEAVE, ARRIVE)
15.Sampson ___had finished_______ his report by the time father __came______ home
(FINISH, COME)
16.She wasn't hungry because she __had just had____ lunch. (JUST HAVE)
17.We ___were fishing/had been fishing______ for a while before we ___caught______
some fish. (FISH, CATCH)
18.I told the police that I __hadn’t seen_____ the man in the photo before. (NOT SEE)
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