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Exercise Past Perfect Tense:


Exercise 1
Complete these sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the past perfect
passive.
Before we collected our car in a car service
A lot of things had been .................................................. . (do)
Worn tyres ...................................................................... . (replace)
Filters and oil .................................................................. . (change)
The engine ...................................................................... . (clean)
The battery ...................................................................... . (charge)
Brakes ............................................................................. . (check)
All the fluids ................................................................... . (top up)
The air conditioner ......................................................... . (inspect)
New carpets .................................................................... . (lay)
The car ............................................................................ . (wash)
Exercise 2
Use the passive voice to rewrite these sentences.
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They hadn't made the meals before we arrived.


The meals ............................................................................. before we
arrived.
The flowers were dead because nobody had watered them.
The flowers were dead because
they ............................................................................. .
We couldn't board the plane because we had left our passports at home.
We couldn't board the plane because
our ...................................................................... at home.
The lights went off because they hadn't paid the electricity bill.
The lights went off
because ....................................................................................................... .
We were hungry. Someone had eaten all the sandwiches.
We were
hungry. .......................................................................................................... .
The fire damaged the hotel which they had built a year before.
The storm damaged the hotel which .................................................... a year
before.
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The waitress brought a salad. But nobody had ordered it.


The waitress brought a salad.
But ................................................................................ .
The cat felt sleepy after they had fed it.
The cat felt sleepy after ............................................................. .
The windows were so dirty because nobody had cleaned them.
The windows were so dirty
because ........................................................................... .
I coudn't use my phone. I hadn't charged it.
I coudn't use my phone. .............................................................. .
Exercise 3
Use these words to make sentences in the passive voice.
Example: Before the river flooded the town ........................................ (the
new bridge | build)
Before the river flooded the town the new bridge had been built.
Before the workers went on
strike ............................................................................................. .

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(a lot of their workmates | fire)


The house was burgled because ................................................................. .
(the door | not shut)
It was a new song. ...................................................................................
before. (it | never sing)
The rhino was dead. ................................................................................ . (it |
shoot | a poacher)
Sarah was disappointed
because .................................................................... . (her plan | reject)
The film wasn't recorded even
if .................................................................................. correctly.
(the recorder | set)
The robbers escaped from the bank,
but .................................................................................... .
(they | see | a security guard)
Jack had to buy a new car after .................................................................. .
(his old one | steal)

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We stopped going to the corner shop


because ........................................................................... .
(the new supermarket | open)
My parents were late after ..................................................................... for a
while. (they | lose)
Before Debbie left for Ghana, ........................................................ to get
vaccinated. (she | tell)
The police announced yesterday
that ......................................................................................... .
(Ronald Crump | kidnap)
Exercise 4
Write correct forms or words next to each sentence.
Paul cried. He had been hit | had hit by his friend. ..................................
They escaped. They had been warn | had been warned by
somebody. ..................................
The monkey felt safe after it had hopped | had been hopped on the
tree. ..................................

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Jill didn't see the man. He had hided | had been hidden behind the
wall. ..................................
I didn't like the hotel which I had been prefered | had prefered
before. ..................................
Sam worked in Dover. He had been offered a job | by a
job. ..................................
We didn't want the car that we had been showed | had been
shown. ..................................
They asked us to pay but it had been payed | had been paid in
advance. ..................................
After the tower had grown | had been grown in the park I was
shocked. ..................................
It was all right when everything had explained | had been
explained. ..................................
Sue was happy. The quarrel had been forgoten | had been
forgotten. ..................................
We got up after we had been woken up | had been woke up by our
mum. ..................................
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Exercise 5
Make questions to complete the following texts.
Why did you come to Marion's party? ................ you
been ..........................................? (invite)
The meeting was so chaotic. Had ............................................................. by
anyone? (it - plan)
How long ...................................................................................... before the
scientists found it?
(the body - freeze)
.............................................................................. to the police when he
turned up in the town?
(the man - know)
How many times .....................................................................................
before you succeeded?
(your application - reject)
Why did you take your
raincoat? ...............................................................................................?
(rainy weather - forecast)
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.......................................... just ......................................... when I arrived?


(the parcel - deliver)
How long .................................................................... before it was allowed
again? (it - forbid)
Why did the police arrive along with the
firemen? ........................................................ on fire?
(the house - set)
I didn't get the money on Friday. .......................................................... a long
time before that?
(it - send)

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