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    The document provides examples and explanations for using the past perfect tense in English. It includes exercises for learners to practice forming questions and sentences in the past perfect tense. The past perfect tense is used to refer to an action that was completed before something else in the past happened. The exercises cover forming questions in the past perfect tense, combining sentences using the past perfect and past simple together, and identifying the correct past or past perfect verb form in given sentences.

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    The document provides examples and explanations for using the past perfect tense in English. It includes exercises for learners to practice forming questions and sentences in the past perfect tense. The past perfect tense is used to refer to an action that was completed before something else in the past happened. The exercises cover forming questions in the past perfect tense, combining sentences using the past perfect and past simple together, and identifying the correct past or past perfect verb form in given sentences.

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    The document provides examples and explanations for using the past perfect tense in English. It includes exercises for learners to practice forming questions and sentences in the past perfect tense. The past perfect tense is used to refer to an action that was completed before something else in the past happened. The exercises cover forming questions in the past perfect tense, combining sentences using the past perfect and past simple together, and identifying the correct past or past perfect verb form in given sentences.

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    Past Perfect-Past Simple

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    The document provides examples and explanations for using the past perfect tense in English. It includes exercises for learners to practice forming questions and sentences in the past perfect tense. The past perfect tense is used to refer to an action that was completed before something else in the past happened. The exercises cover forming questions in the past perfect tense, combining sentences using the past perfect and past simple together, and identifying the correct past or past perfect verb form in given sentences.

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    PAST PERFECT TENSE

    A. Complete the sentences with the past perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
    1. My plants were dead because my neighbour hadn’t watered them. (not water)
    2. I couldn’t get into my flat because I____________________my key.(forget)
    3. The teacher was angry because we__________________________our
    homework.(not do)
    4. The man lent me his newspaper after he______________________it.(read)
    5. They got to the cinema after the film ______________________________. (start)
    B. Write the questions in past perfect.
    1. A: I saw Titanic at the weekend.

    B: you/ see / it / before

    Had you seen it before?


    2. A: I finished The Lord of the Rings last week.
    B: you/ read / before
    ________________________________________________________________?
    3. A: My parents were in Paris last weekend.
    B: they / be there / before
    ________________________________________________________________?
    4. A: We ate some snails last night.
    B: you / eat them / before
    _________________________________________________________________?
    5. A: Charles flew a plane last week.
    B: he / fly one / before
    _________________________________________________________________?
    C. Make these sentences into one. Use past perfect and the past simple.
    1. I turned off the light. After that I got into bed.
    After I had turned off the light, I got into bed.
    2. Cindy got dressed. Then she went to work.
    After Cindy________________________________________________________ .
    3. I saw the film. Then I read the book.
    After_____________________________________________________________ .
    4. Ben copied my notes. After that he gave them back to me.
    When Ben_________________________________________________________ .
    5. Kathy and Tom did some exercise. Then they had a shower.
    After Kathy and Tom ________________________________________________ .
    D. Circle the correct verb.
    A.
    When I introduced Sue and Tim at my party, they were sure they 1 met / had met
    before. They 2 finally discovered / had finally discovered they 3 were / had been on
    the same holiday the year before.
    B.
    I was looking for my mobile yesterday morning, but I couldn’t find it. I was sure I 4
    didn’t lose / hadn’t lost it, because I 5 saw / had seen it twenty minutes before. Then
    I realized that I 6 left / had left it in my trouser pocket, and I 7 put / had put my
    trousers in the washing machine!
    C.
    Last week my neighbor was on holiday. One night I 8 heard / had heard a strange
    noise in her house. I 9 went / had gone to have a look, and found that someone 10
    broke / had broken into the house. Luckily, he (or she!) 11 already left / had already
    left when I got there, and they 12 didn’t steal / hadn’t stolen much- just the TV.

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