Past Perfect Grammar (Past Perfect / Past Perfect Continuous)

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Grammar
Past Perfect

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Grammar
1. Past Perfect
We hadn’t finished the
test before the bell rang.
2. Past Simple

4. Examples

Grammar
Examples
a) Bill had just finished the test when the bell rang.
b) After I had finished the text, I left.
c) By the time I got to class, the lesson had started.
d) Mike had already eaten his pizza before I got home.
e) Mary had given me Tony's address before she left.
f)
When the boys arrived at the cinema, the film had already started .

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Grammar
Practice
Complete the sentences with the
words in the box.

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Grammar
Practice
Read and choose the
correct form to
complete the
sentence

7.

Grammar
Practice
Choose A or B so that it has a similar meaning to the
first sentence

8.

Grammar
Practice
Choose A,B or C so that it has a similar meaning
to the first sentence

9.

Grammar
Practice
Complete by changing the form of the
verb in brackets into the Past Perfect

10.

Grammar
Practice
Find and correct the mistakes

11.

Grammar
Past Perfect
Continuous/Progressive

12. Examples

Grammar
Examples
a) We had a break because we had been working so hard.
b) He had been training for three years when he painted this
masterpiece.
c) Meg had been studying all day.
d) Mary had been studying for hours, so she had a headache.
e) He had been reading the book since yesterday evening.

13.

Grammar
Practice
Match each result (1-5) with its
cause (a-e).

14.

Grammar
Practice
Complete the sentences putting the verbs
into the
Past Perfect Continuous

15.

Grammar
Practice
Complete the sentences using the prompts in
brackets and putting the verbs into the
Past Perfect Continuous

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Grammar
Practice
Choose the correct tense form (a) or (b) to
complete each sentence.

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Grammar
Practice
Complete the sentences using the
past perfect simple or past perfect continuous