Past Perfect – Practice

A – Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or past perfect simple).

1. 1. When he (wake up) ………………… , his mother (already / prepare) …………………breakfast.

1. 1. We (go)………………… to London because the Queen (invite)………………… us for tea.

1. 1. He (hear)………………… the news, (go) to the telephone and (call)………………… a friend.

1. 1. When she (start)………………… to learn English, she (already / learn)………………… French.

1. 1. Jane (already / type)………………… ten pages when her computer (crash)………………….

1. 1. By the time he (arrive )…………………at the pub, they (run) …………………out of beer.

1. 1. Before that day we (never / think)…………………of going to Japan.

1. 1. I (know) …………………him for a long time before I (meet)………………… his family.

1. They (not / know) …………………where to meet because nobody (tell) …………………them.

2. It (be)………………… cloudy for days before it finally (begin)…………………to rain.

B-Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or past perfect simple) :

I can’t believe I (get)  ……………….. that apartment. I (submit)  ……………….. my application last week, but I didn’t think I had a chance of actually getting it. When I (show)  ……………….. up to take a look around, there were at least twenty other people who (arrive) had arrived before me. Most of them (fill, already)  ……………….. out their applications and were already leaving. The landlord said I could still apply, so I did.

I (try) ……………….. to fill out the form, but I couldn’t answer half of the questions. They (want)  ……………….. me to include references, but I didn’t want to list my previous landlord because I (have)  ……………….. some problems with him in the past and I knew he wouldn’t recommend me. I (end)  ……………….. listing my father as a reference.

It was total luck that he (decide)  ……………….. to give me the apartment. It turns out that the landlord and my father (go)  ……………….. to high school together. He decided that I could have the apartment before he (look)  ……………….. at my credit report. I really lucked out!

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