Past Perfect Simple and Continuous
Past Perfect Simple and Continuous
Past Perfect Simple and Continuous
1 Look at the crazy star! Can you circle the verbs in the past perfect simple and continuous?
a. By the time I got to school, classes already ________ (begin) and the
halls were empty.
b. By the end of the course, I ________ (learn) so much that I felt
confident to start my career as a foreign language teacher.
c. Sleeping Beauty was told she ________ (sleep) for 100 years and
Prince Charming ________ (save) her.
d. Until he met Mary, he ________ never really ________ (believe) in
romantic love.
e. Cindy remembered that distant afternoon very well: they ________ (lay)
on the deck chairs while Charlie ________ (buy) gifts.
f. I ________ (listen) to music for hours when Ben rang and said he wanted to go clubbing that night.
g. By the time tea was over, the rain ________ (stop) and the grass was shining like silver.
h. She was hoarse because she ________ (have) choir practice and they (sing) all afternoon.
i. It was past 6 o’clock and all the shops ________ (close): Mina and I ________ (wander) about for nearly
three hours.
j. Before her graduation day she ________ (buy) a new dress so that she would have something new to
wear on that day.