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PAST PERFECT

PAST PERFECT. Things that happened before another action in the past: When Sarah arrived at the party, Paul had already gone home Karen didn’t want to go to the cinema with us because she ’d already seen the film. Read the situations and write sentences from the words in brackets.

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PAST PERFECT

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  1. PAST PERFECT Things that happened before another action in the past: • When Sarah arrived at the party, Paul had already gonehome • Karen didn’t want to go to the cinema with us because she’dalready seen the film.

  2. Read the situations and write sentences from the words in brackets • You went to Sue’s house, but she wasn’t there. (she/go/out) • You went back to your home town after many years. It wasn’t the same as before. (it /change/a lot) • I invited Rachel to the party, but she couldn’t come. (she/arrange/to do something else) • You went to the cinema last night. You got to the cinema late. (the film/already/begin) • It was nice to see Dan again after such a long time. (I/not/see/him for five years) • I offered Sue something to eat, but she wasn’t hungry. (She/just/had/breakfast)

  3. Compare the PAST SIMPLE and the PAST PERFECT • Was Tom there when you arrived? Yes, but he left soon afterwards. • Was Tom there when you arrived? No, he had already left.

  4. Put the verb into the correct form, PAST PERFECT or PAST SIMPLE • I felt very tired when I got home, so I ___ (go) straight to bed. • The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody ___ (go) to bed. • Sorry I’m late. The car ___ (break) down on my way here. • We were driving along the road when we ___ (see) a car which ___ (break) down, so we ___ (stop) to help.

  5. PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS When something had been happening for a period of time before something else happened • We’d been playing tennis for half an hour when it started to rain.

  6. Read the situations and write sentences from the words in brackets I was very tired when I arrived home.(I/work/hard all day) The two boys came into the house. They had a football and they were both very tired. (they/play/football) I was disappointed when I had to cancel my holiday. (I/look/forward to it) When I got home, Tom was sitting in front of the TV. He had just turned it off. (he/watch/a film) Ann woke up in the middle of the night. She was frightened and didn’t know where she was. (she/dream)

  7. Compare the PAST CONTINUOUS and the PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS It wasn’t raining when we went out. The sun was shining. But it had been raining, so the ground was wet.

  8. Put the verb into the most suitable form, past continuous (I was doing), past perfect (I had done) or past perfect continuous (I had been doing) It was very noisy next door. Our neighbours ___ (have) a party. We were good friends. We ___ (know) each other for years. John and I went for a walk. I had difficulty keeping up with him because he ___ (walk) so fast. Sue was sitting on the ground. She was out of breath. She ___ (run) When I arrived, everybody was sitting round the table with their mouths full. They ___ (eat). When I arrived, everybody was sitting round the table and talking with their stomachs full. They ___ (eat). Jim was on his hands and knees on the floor. He ___ (look) for his contact lens. When I arrived, Kate ___ (wait) for me. She was annoyed with me because I was late and she ___ (wait) for a long time. I was sad when I sold my car. I ___ (have) it for a very long time. We were extremely tired at the end of the journey. We ___ (travel) for more than 24 hours.

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