Fill in the gaps with the past perfect or the past perfect continuous.
1. Leonard was exhausted because he … (work) in his lab all night.
2. Patty … (already / leave) the party when Jim arrived.
3. She wanted to come with us but she … (not / finish) her project.
4. They … (live) in London for ten years before they moved to Paris.
Underline the correct item.
1. How long had you been waiting / were you waiting before the bus arrived?
2. Pam went / had gone out with her friends after she had finished her homework.
3. We couldn’t leave the lab until we cleaned / had cleaned the culture plates first.
4. I lost my keys as I was walking / had been walking home.
Join the sentences using the words in brackets. Mind the tenses.
1. Ann was making a salad. She cut her finger. (as)
2. Liz fed the baby. Then John arrived. (already … when)
3. We bought the tickets. Then we went to the theatre. (before)
4. I was working in the garden. Betty called me. (when)
Complete the sentences about yourself.
1. Yesterday, while I …
2. Last Friday, after I …
3. I didn’t go to the party as I …
4. I was playing volleyball when …
5. I didn’t go to bed until I …
Read the text and choose the correct answer.
Sir Alexander Fleming was born in Scotland in 1881. He 1) … three different schools before he 2) … to London to study at Regent Street Polytechnic. He 3) … at a shipping office for four years when, in 1901, he left his job and went to St. Mary’s Hospital, where he 4) … medicine. During World War I, Dr. Fleming 5) … as a doctor in the Royal Army. There he saw many soldiers dying from infections. Fleming felt that there had to be something that could kill bacteria without causing harm to the human body. For many years he 6) … for an effective, antiseptic, but it 7) … until 1928 that he discovered penicillin. Fleming continued his work until his death in 1955. By the time of his death, Alexander Fleming 8) … many important awards, including the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
1.
A. was attending
B. had attended
C. had been attending
2.
A. moved
B. had moved
C. was moving
3.
A. worked
B. had been working
C. had worked
4.
A. had studied
B. was studying
C. studied
5.
A. had served
B. served
C. was serving
6.
A. searched
B. had been searching
C. was searching
7.
A. wasn’t
B. hadn’t been
C. wasn’t being
8.
A. was winning
B. had been winning
C. had won
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