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Complete the sentences with the correct form of the
Past Perfect Simple of the verbs in brackets.
1 The skier (return) to the hotel before the
last Perfect Simple
storm started.
I Read the sentences. Then make them 2 Shelley (never / play) golf in her life, but she realised
I negative. she was very good at it.
3 (they / already / call) a taxi by the time you arrived?
1 We had forgotten our passports, so we
1 went home to get them 4 Until 2008, w e _______(never / be) sailing.
2 He had travelled all over the world by his 5 I (work) as an instructor for ages and was a bit bored
I 30th birthday. with my job.
6 Dean and Fran_____ (walk) in the Alps once and really
P Answer the questions.
enjoyed themselves.
1 In sentence 1, what happened first?
2 In sentence 2, what happened before his Complete the sentences with the correct form of the
Г 30th birthday? Past Perfect Continuous of the verbs in brackets.
1 My grandfather (live) in his old house for ages before
| Is the sentence below T (True) or F
he moved in with us.
(False)?
2 I (cope) with my problem for weeks before I found
We use the Past Perfect Simple for an action a solution.
or situation that finished before another
3 (she / fight) against the disease for long before
I action, situation or time in the past. 1
she died?
I Past Perfect Continuous 4 They_______ (not fly) for long when they lost radio contact.
5 How long (you / dig) before you found the buried
В Read the sentences and underline the
treasure?
verbs.
6 W e _______ (play) in the rain since midday, so we were
1 They had been walking in the desert for very wet.
days, so they were exhausted.
2 We had been driving for a few hours H Complete the sentences with the correct form of the
before we realised that we were lost. Past Perfect Simple or the Past Perfect Continuous of the
verbs in brackets.
|E Match the uses of the Past Perfect 1 The survivors (finally /
Continuous with the sentences in D. reach) a village after days of walking.
We use the Past Perfect Continuous for 2 The students_________________________________ (prepare) for
actions their excursion for months.
a that started in the past and were still in 3 We (hope) to find some
progress when another action occurred in water for days.
the past. 4 The man (manage) to stay
b that were in progress in the past and had alive for 5 days before he was rescued.
an effect on a later action in the past, j ]
5 The explorer---------------------------- (not /
0 Grammar Focus p.167 & 168 (7.1 to 7.3) imagine) that it would be so difficult to cross the river.
6 The young man----------------------------- (surf)
since he was a child.