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Do the exercises below on the past perfect simple and continuous

Write the past participle of the following irregular verbs.


1. speak _________________
2. catch __________________
3. eat ___________________
4. understand _____________
5. begin __________________
Complete the sentences in past perfect simple (affirmative form.)
1. I lost the key that he (give) _______________________ to me.
2. He told me that he (see) _____________________ the film .
3. I went outside as I (hear) _____________________ a noise.
4. When they came home, Liza (cook) ____________________ dinner.
5. We could not send you a postcard because we (lose) ________________
your address.
Complete the sentences in past perfect simple (negative).
1. The waiter served something that we (not / order) _________________
2. He went to the country which he (not / visit) ___________________ before.
3. She picked out the red dress, which she (not / wear) ___________________
for ages.
4. He (not / swim) ____________________ in the beach before that day.
5. His mother was angry because he (not / do) _____________________
the shopping for her.
Complete the questions in past perfect simple.
1. (you / finish) ______________________ your homework before you
went to the cinema?
2. Why (you / not /clean) _________________________ the bathroom
before you took a bath?

3. (you / have) ______________________ breakfast before you left the house?


4. (she / manage) _______________________ to find a place to stay when
she went to London?
5. Where (she / stay) __________________________ before she moved to
live with her friend?
Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect or the simple past)
1. The storm (destroy) ______________________ the house that they had
built .
2. The children (clean) __________________________ the blackboard they
had used to do the mathematics exercise.
3. When she went out to play, she (do / already) _____________________
___________her homework.
4. She (eat) _______________________ all of the food that we had made .
5. He took off the jacket he (put on) _________________________ before.
Put the verbs between brackets in the correct tense (past perfect simple
or continuous.)
1. I (try) ______________________________ to get tickets for that play
for months before my friend finally got them.
2. When I arrived at the theatre, my friend (pick, already) _____________
______________ up the tickets.
3. He was really angry because he (wait) _________________________ for
more than half an hour when I arrived.
4. When the play started, I (already, apologize) _____________________
_________________to my friend.
5. We (watch) _______________________________ the play when the
lights went off.

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