Упражнения: Past Perfect / Past Perfect Continuous

Прошедшее совершенное время. Прошедшее длительное совершенное время

Look at the examples and choose the correct answers

Maria had already left the party when Philipp arrived.

  1. How many actions happened in the past? Two One
  2. Did both actions happen at the same time? Yes No
  3. Did one action happen before the other? Yes No
  4. Which action happened first? Maria left. Philipp arrived.

It's time to practise Past Perfect Simple.

For each point, choose the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the given one

I read a book after I'd seen the film which had influenced me a lot.

I saw the film and then read a book. I read a book and then saw a film.

By the time I started working for Apple, my friend had already left the company.

I started working for the company after my friend left. I started working for the company before my friend left.

George didn't want to leave the city until he had met Lucy.

He met Lucy and then left the city. He left the city and then met Lucy.

We had had several successful deals when Michael joined the company.

Michael joined us and then we had several deals. We had several deals and then Michael joined us.

They'd bought the plane tickets to the Maldives before they broke up.

They bought the tickets and later they broke up. They broke up and later bought the tickets.

I'd already graduated when my younger sister was born.

The sister was born and later I graduated. I graduated and then my sister was born.

Complete the sentences using Past Perfect Simple form of the given verbs

A bad day

Sarah had a terrible day today. It started badly and got even worse. She woke up late because she had spent'd spent all night preparing for an important meeting at work and had forgotten'd forgotten to charge her mobile phone. Because she was late, she ran to the bus station but when she got there, she realised she hadn't takenhad not taken her wallet. She had to go to work on foot.

By the time she arrived at work, the meeting where she had to present her project had already started , and her boss was angry at her. Then, she really wanted to finish work at the usual time of 7 pm because she wanted to see her favourite singer at a concert. But she couldn't leave on time because she didn't finish the report her manager had asked for.

She left work late, and by the time she arrived at the concert venue, the singer 'd already finishedhad already finished singing. Sarah was frustrated, and by the time she got back home, she 'd decidedhad decided to change her job.

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Now, let's practise Past Perfect Continuous.

Complete the sentences with the correct words from the box talkingtryingcyclingworkingplanningarguingcheatingliving
  1. Sam didn't look very well because he had been on the phone all night and had received some bad news.
  2. Did Mary got sick because she had been to lose weight for a long time?
  3. After Daniel had been for five hours, he hit a rock and fell off his bike.
  4. Had you been at your job for a long time before you quit?
  5. Anna and Adam hadn't been long before they had their first child.
  6. Peter was really stressed out yesterday because he had been with his boss about his promotion.
  7. The girl been when the professor noticed that. She had had the answers written on a small piece of paper.
  8. How long had you been in this apartment before you got married?
Complete the sentences with Past Perfect Continuous forms of the given verbs
  1. I had been living'd been living in Mexico for five years before I met Dan and moved to Berlin.
  2. I had been studying'd been studying for 3 years when I decided to leave the university.
  3. Alice had been dancing for a year when she broke her ankle.
  4. Lucy had been playing the drums for nine months when she formed a band.
  5. I had been working 'd been working hard for a long time when my parents won a lottery. They shared it with me, and it changed my life.
  6. Helen had been running her own business for six years before she got pregnant.
  7. Alex had been taking this medicine for a year before he got better.
  8. Sarah passed the exam well because she had been preparing'd been preparing for it for two weeks.
Complete the story with the correct forms of the given verbs

Sophia had been livinghad lived'd been living'd lived with a foster family for 20 years when her parents told her she had a twin sister. She had been looking for'd been looking for her sister for five years but hadn't hadhad not had much luck until one day she turned on her favourite talk show and saw a girl who looked exactly like her.  The girl, whose name was Helen, told that a year before the show, she had found out'd found out that she had a twin sister and she was looking for her. The siblings met a week after the show. After they had spoken'd spoken for a while, it became obvious that they had a lot in common. They found out that they both had been playing music instruments for a long time and had always liked reading.

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Виктория
Виктория
12 апреля 2023
Учусь в Skyeng уже полгода, в последнее время стала довольно быстро расправляться с домашками, так что раздел с бесплатными заданиями очень помогает не скучать между уроками. Занимаюсь английским практически каждый день.
Станислав
Станислав
01 мая 2023
Спасибо за бесплатные задания. Кажется, у меня наконец получилось разобраться, в чем разница между прошедшими временами. Мучился с этой темой еще со школы.
Карина
Карина
15 апреля 2023
Удобно, что можно делать упражнения с телефона, помогает скоротать время в дороге, да еще и с пользой.

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