Past Perfect (1)

Revise the Past Perfect with these quick exercises!

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Can you fill in the gaps with the past perfect?

What is the past perfect again? We need to use "had" and the 3rd verb form, for example: He had taken the dog for a walk. Or: She had finished her meal.
When do we use the past perfect? We use the past perfect when we want to tell what happened before something else in the past or up to a certain point in the past. For example: He had already finished (past perfect) all his homework when his mother came (simple past) home. After he had played in the garden, he watched TV.

Laura had __________ her meal.

Solution:
finished

He __________ played in the garden when the phone rang.

Solution:
had

/ We always need the past form of "have" for the past perfect!

Tom had never __________ to London before.
Fill in the 3rd verb form / past participle of "be"

Solution:
been

Lucy had __________ all the biscuits.
Fill in the 3rd verb form / past participle of "eat"

Solution:
eaten

/ Eaten is the 3rd verb form of eat

We had __________ the wrong bus!

Solution:
taken

/ Here we need the 3rd verb form of "to take"

Lisa had __________ to football training.
Fill in the gap with the 3rd verb form / past participle of "go"

Lisa had [[spacerL]] to football training.

Solution:
gone

He ______________ TV all afternoon.
Fill in the past perfect (two words!) for "to watch"

Solution:
had watched

She had __________ a birthday present for her Mum.

Solution:
bought

/ The verb "to buy" is irregular, so bought is the right answer

They had finally __________ the right house.

Solution:
found

He had __________ to ask her to the cinema for a long time already.
Fill in the gap with the 3rd form of the verb "want"

Solution:
wanted

Up to then I had __________ my bike every weekend.
Fill in the gap with the 3rd verb form of "clean"

Solution:
cleaned

She had __________ him for the first time on the school trip.

Solution:
seen

Her parents had __________ each other long before she was born.

Solution:
met

Lucy had already __________ good-bye to her sister.

Solution:
said