The past perfect consists of

HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE (done,

gone, seen, finished etc).

+ (I) + had + eaten
- (I) + had not + eaten
? Had + (I) + eaten
We use this tense when we want to say
something happened before other
events expressed in the past simple.

She couldnt get into her house because
she had lost her keys.

This tense is used with the following words:
already never just when by the time after before until







Complete the sentences using the past
perfect of the following verbs:

FALL BUILD PUT MISS RIDE
FOCUS FIGHT CLEAN ARRIVE BE
GET ROB DO REPAIR WATCH
EAT FINISH SCORE COOK

1. After he __________ Jack broke the block
with ease.
2. After Charlotte __________ to Spain she
wanted to earn Spanish.
3. The wave destroyed the sandcastle we
__________.
4. Charlie ate all the cake after he __________
all the fruit.
5. Julie had to drive her children to school
because they __________ the school bus.
6. Pauls teacher was very angry with him
because he _____ not _____ his homework.
7. The children wouldnt go to bed until they
__________ their favourite cartoon.
8. Claire _____ never _____ a horse until
yesterday.
9. By the time I __________ to the game my
team _____ already ______ three goals.
10. The gangster was imprisoned for life after he
__________ ten banks.
11. The boxer was very nervous because he
______ never ______ professionally before.
12. Sally collected apples that __________ from
the tree.
13. After the woman __________ she fed her cat.
14. The man washed the dishes because his wife
__________ the meal.
15. When she __________ on her shoes she went
out.
16. Jimmy could not go home until he
__________ the car.
17. When the film ___________ we left the
cinema.
18. The girls room was such a mess because she
_____ not ________ for months.


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