Past Perfect - Past Perfect Continuous

Tutor : Karakosta Rania

 

Fill in the gaps using Past Perfect Simple or Past Perfect Continuous

1. We ………………………………………………… (work) for nine hours when we decided to call it a day.
2. She …………………………………………… (already/leave) when I went home.
3. How long …………………………………………….. (you/sleep) before I woke you up?
4. Maria watched TV after she ………………………………….. (finish) her homework.
5. She …………………………………………….  (just/clean) the house when her mother in law arrived.
6. ………………………………………………. (you /ever/be) to a zoo before we went there together?
7. Most of the guests ……………………………………………….. (leave) by the time they decided to cut the cake.
8. Tom …………………………………………….  (drive) for an hour before he realized somebody was following him.
9. We ………………………………………….. (arrive) home by the time the rain started.
10. Simon …………………………………………. (jog) for a hour before he felt a pain in the chest.

Fill in the gaps using Past Perfect Simple or Past Perfect Continuous

1. How long …………………………………………. (you/learn) English before you took the exam?
2. We ………………………………………………… (look) for a house to buy for months before we found this one.
3. I ……………………………………….. (never / be) to an Internet café until yesterday.
4. By the time I got hungry, they …………………………………….. (eat) all the food!1````
5. I didn’t go to the party because Helen …………………………………… (invite) me.
6. Jim and kate ………………………………………….. (be) married for 15 years before they got a divorce.
7. I ………………………………………….. (already/lose) 10 kilos when the doctor advised me to go on a diet.
8. I …………………………………………… (study) for three hours when I fell asleep.
9. How long ……………………………………………. (stand) before she fainted?
10. We …………………………………………. (already/eat) by the time the pizzas arrived. 

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