Open the brackets using the appropriate tense-forms.

Compare the use of the Past Perfect Simple, the Past Perfect Continuous and

The Past Simple tense-forms.

1. She ran downstairs to open the door, but it was too late. The postman

had already gone.

2. She apologized and said she had already had lunch.

3. He had been smoking for 20 years before he finally gave it up last year.

4. All the roads were blocked: it had been snowing all night long.

5. I had hardly got off the tram when it suddenly started moving.

6. 1 felt awful after dinner. I had eaten too much.

7. It turned out that Patric had broken his leg the previous morning.

8. / was pleased to see my old college friends at the conference last

week as we hadn't seen each other since we finished our course.

9. Maggie took a hot bath after she had been working in the garden all

afternoon.

10. 1 had a pleasant surprise when I got to my room: someone had put

some flowers there for me.

Practice

1. Choose the appropriate tense-forms: the Past Perfect Simple, Past Perfect

Continuous or Past Simple.

1. He turned off the electric light. It had been burning/had burnt all

night.

2. Nobody bothered to inform me that the school decided/had decided

to have a special holiday that Friday.

3. Paul offered/had offered me another drink but I decided I drank/

had drunk enough.

4. I knew I did/had done well in my exams even before I received the

official results.

5.1 saw/had seen right away it was the place I looked/had looked /had

been looking for all my life.

6. As soon as he raised his eyes I knew/had known that we met/had

met before.

7. Excuse me, I had ordered/ordered a coffee half an hour ago. Is it

ready yet?

8. She finished/had finished most of the work by the time her boss arrived.

Choose the appropriate adverbial of time.

1. She was working in the garden at/by that time.

2. Scarcely had the bell gone when/than the students filled the

corridor.

3. The other day/One of these days he called on me to return the book

he had borrowed.

4. The sun had no sooner hidden behind the clouds than/when we

heard the first claps of thunder.

5. The letter hadn't arrived by/until the end of the week yet.

6.1 had tidied up the flat at/by that time.

7. It wasn't up to/until 1995 that Robert could afford to go on holiday

abroad.

8. They had discharged Nick from hospital before/till we came.

9. His father had been running a bookshop during/for two years.

10. They reached the top of the mountain by/in four hours.

11. I had finished my homework at/by supper time.

12. They lived in Newcastle by/in 1983.

Open the brackets using the appropriate tense-forms.

1. By the time I (get) to the station the train (leave).

2. Patrick's mother (be) very angry when he (come) home late because

she (worry) about him all evening.

3. The children (start) a fire. They (play) with matches.

4. Brenda (disappear) before I (have) time to talk to her.

5. Bruce (go) to hospital because he (cut) his hand while he (try) to

mend a broken window.

6. It (be) more than a month before I (realize) what (happen).

7. When Jack (not/arrive) by 6 p.m. I (know) he (miss) the bus.

8. When I (meet) him he (work) as a plumber for a year or so.

9. We scarcely (start) eating when there (be) another scream.

10. We (look) through the agreement before we (sign) it.

11.1 (be) very pleased when my son (find) my watch because we (look)

for it for hours.

12. Nina (think) she (leave) her purse in a locker in the changing

room the day before.

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