UNIT 5 - 1 Simple Past Perfect 2 Past Perfect Continuous

1 Choose the correct answer.

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1. By the time we got home, the children ...... to bed.

[went / had gone]

2. He was very hungry as he ...... all day.

[hadn't eaten / didn't eat]

3. When her boss arrived at the office, Lucy ...... the report
and was waiting for him.
[finished / had finished]

4. He ........ the grass by two o'clock yesterday afternoon.

[cut / had cut]

5. She ...... a bath after she had done the housework.

[had had / had]

6. We ...... dinner by the time he came back from the cinema.

[had had / had]

2 Fill in the simple past perfect or the past perfect continuous.

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1. had been writing had written

a. His hand hurt because he ...... letters all morning.

b. By five o'clock, Nick ......the report.

2. had made had been making

a. By the time Nancy came home, her mum ...... a birthday cake
for her.
b. They asked him to leave the company because he ......
a lot of mistakes for the last six months.

3. had been eating had eaten

a. By nine o'clock, we ...... dinner.

b. His face was dirty because he ...... ice cream.

4. had read had been reading

a. He ...... about the accident in the newspaper the day before

I called him.
b. Jenny was tired because she ...... for many hours.

3 Choose the correct answer. [������� �� ����� ��������.]

1. We'd only been sitting there for five minutes when it ......
 to rain.

2. The children ...... playing in the water for an hour when their
mum called them.

3. His hands were dirty because he ...... in the garden all

morning.

4. We ...... living in that house for ten years before we moved to

Chester.

5. She ..... after her mother got angry with her.

6. He ...... calling her name for ten minutes before she heard him
and came in.

7. Alex ...... his teeth before he went to bed.

8. She had been sleeping for two hours when the phone ...... .

1. .a. had started .b. started

2. .a. were .b. had been
3. .a. was working .b. had been working
4. .a. had been .b. have been
5. .a. had apologised .b. apologised
6. .a. had called .b. had been calling
7. .a. has brushed .b. had brushed
8. .a. rang .b. had rung

4 Match the columns. [�������� ��� ������.]

1. They had had breakfast ...... a. they had been jogging

for two hours.

2. Dean was upset because ...... b. by the time we went to

see it.

3. We had heard all about the film ...... c. before they went to
school.

4. After Jane had bought the dress, ...... d. she realised it wasn't
her size.

5. They were really tired because ...... e. he had been arguing with
his mum all morning.

5 Click on the mistake. [���� ���� ��� �����.]

1. I was asking for my book for weeks before he gave it back to me.

2. Last Christmas everything was white. It been snowing for days.

3. His clothes were wet because he was walking in the rain.

4. He studied for two hours by the time his parents came home.

5. By the time we had arrived at the cinema, the film had started.