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Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

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Past perfect tense


A) Join the sentences with expressions in
brackets.

B) Answer the questions and use the words


in brackets.

Example: They graduated. They got married.


(as soon as)
They got married as soon as they had
graduated.

Example: Why did he call you?


(because - just arrived)
He called me because he had just
arrived.

They entered the restaurant. They were served.


(after)

When did they return?


(after - travel for two weeks)

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I didn't use my credit card. I lost it. (because)


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Why didn't he eat anything?

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(because - have lunch)

They didn't tell me. Easyjet cancelled


the flight. (that)

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What did he tell her?


(that - see her before)

I couldn't go out. I broke my leg. (because)

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When did they land?


(when - the storm ended)

He took up a job. He left school. (as soon as)

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Why was he so dirty?


(because - dig the hole in the rain)

She fell in love with him. They met in Cork.


(after)

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What did you forget?


(that - want to buy some bread)
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See Key to exercises on the next page

Key to exercises
A
After they had entered the restaurant they were served.
I didn't use my credit card because I had lost it.
They didn't tell me that Easyjet had cancelled the flight.
I couldn't go out because I had broken my leg.
He took up a job as soon as he had left school.
She fell in love with him after they had met in Cork.
B
They returned after they had been travelling for two weeks.
He didn't eat anything because he had had lunch.
He told her that he had seen her before.
They landed when the storm had ended.
He was so dirty because he had been digging the hole in the rain.
I forgot that I had wanted to buy some bread.

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