ENGLISH 3 UNIT 2
Name: Jorge Arcos García
PAST PERFECT TENSE: had + past participle.
EXERCISE 1.
Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect).
1. The party had started (start) when we got to Helen’s home.
2. She had lived _ (live) in China before she moved to Thailand.
3. I hadn’t had (not/have) breakfast when my friends arrived.
4. If you _ had listened_ (listen) to me, you would have got the job.
5. Had you tried (try) this kind of food before?
6. The grass was yellow because it hadn’t rained (not/rain) all summer.
7. The lights went off because we hadn’t paid (not/pay) the power bill.
8. We hadn’t eaten (not/eat) anything so, we decided to go to a restaurant.
9. We couldn’t go into the concert because we _ hadn’t brought _ (not/bring) our tickets.
10. We were late for the plane because we _had forgotten (forget) our passports.
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS: had + been + gerund
EXERCISE 2.
Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect continuous).
1. The printer hadn’t been working (not / work) properly lately.
2. It _ had been snowing _ (snow) for three days in a row and it was very cold.
3. We had been looking (look for) her ring in the house but it was in her car.
4. Steve _ had been driving _ (drive) a tow truck when had that awful accident.
5. Lisa hadn’t been losing (not / lose) any weight in spite of being on a diet for two
weeks.
6. The kids were very tired because they _ had been helping _ (help) on the farm all day.
7. Ann and I had been going (go) out for almost three years when decided to get married.
8. My father had been smoking _ (smoke) in the garage despite he was told not to do so.
9. I had been waiting (wait) at the station for about 90 minutes when the train
finally arrived.
10. John and Bob caught cold because they both had been swimming (swim) in the
frozen lake.