Past Perfect Exercise

Past perfect

Make the positive or negative past perfect simple

1. She (live)____ in China before she went to Thailand.

lice
had lived
lived


2. The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we (build) _____

built
had built
build


3. I could not remember the poem we (learn) __the week before.

had learned
learn
learned


4. After they (eat) ___the shellfish, they began to feel sick.

eaten
ate
had eaten


5. If you (listen) __to me, you would have got the job.

had listened
listened
listen


6. The garden was dead because it (be) ____dry all summer.

had been
been
is


7. Julie didn’t arrive until after I (leave)_____.

had left
left
had leaved


8. She (not / ride) ____ a horse before that day.

not had ridden
had not ridden
had ridden not


9. The grass was yellow because it (not/rain) all summer.

had not rained
not rained
had rained not

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