WORKSHEET 13
SUBJECT : Past Perfect Tense
A) Supply a suitable SIMPLE PAST or PAST PERFECT TENSE:
1.
I ………………………. (worry) a lot about her before I ……………………….. (hear)
that she was safe.
2.
I I didn’t like the flat. It …………………….. (be) much smaller than I …………………..
(think) at first.
3.
He told us he ………………………….. (shoot) a big tiger.
4.
They ……………………….. (drink) tea after they ………………………………. (finish)
dinner.
5.
She ……………. just ……………….. (fold) the pink apron and placed it in a table
drawer when the door …………………………… (open) and Joe ………………. (enter).
6.
The police wanted to know why he …………………………….. (bring) a gun to school.
7.
After he ………………………………. (work) at the hospital for two years he …………..
(decide) to give up the job.
8.
When I …………………………. (arrive) at the party John ……………. already ………..
(go) home.
9.
We ………………………… (wait) until the match …………………………….. (finish).
10.
They …………………………… (leave) the room before the meeting ……………………
(finish).
11.
I ……………………………….. (buy) a new camera before I …………………. (go) to
London.
12.
I ……………….. just ………………… (turn off) the lights when the telephone …………
(ring).
B) Supply a suitable SIMPLE PAST or PAST PERFECT TENSE:
1.
…………. he …………….. (know) her for a long time before they ………………………
(get) married?
2.
He ………………………………. (drive) down the hotel where they …………………….
(spend) their honeymoon years ago.
3.
When we ………………………… (get) to the station the train …………………………...
(already / leave).
4.
He …………………………. (sit) at a table by the window where he ……………………..
(have) a meal with Jane.
5.
Why ………………. he ………………… (not / ask) her to wait and think again before
she ………………………….. (leave) Paris.
6.
He was wondering why he ………………………………… (let) her leave so easily.
7.
He knew he ………………………………… (earn) that money with a great difficulty.
8.
After they …………………………… (go), he …………………….. (sit) down and
……………………… (light) a cigarette.
9.
He ………………………….. (have to) go to work by bus because his car ……………….
(break) down.
10. He …………………………… (angry) before he ……………………… (hear) my offer.
