Past Perfect tense exercises - answers
- 1. It started to rain after we had got to the station. (start / get)
- 2. We visited the village where we had lived as children. (visit / live)
- 3. By the time we reached the inn all the guests had left. (reach / leave)
- 4. We met him just after he had got news of his dismissal. (meet / get)
- 5. I said I had seen that play before. (see)
- 6. Nobody knew where she had gone. (know / go)
- 7. They had finished dinner when we arrived. (finish / arrive)
- 8. He said that he already twice had visited our town. (visit)
- 9. We wanted to know which novels he had read. (want / read)
- 10. They told us that the children had eaten all the cake. (eat)
- 11. Why didn't you go to bed after you had had supper? (have)
- 12. By that time we had already got your telegram. (already get)
- 13. She had spent all her money before her father came. (spend / come)
- 14. Your letter came five minutes after he had left. (come / leave)
- 15. I thanked him for the flowers he had sent me. (thank / send)
- 16. After we had finished writing we played in the garden. (finish / play)
- 17. Who came into the room after the telephone had rung? (come / ring)
- 18. We couldn’t open the door because he had lost our keys. (open / lose)
- 19. She began to cry when the light had gone out. (begin / go)
- 20. By the time I met him he had already finished his studies. (meet / already finish) )