Write sentences using the prompts. One of the verbs must be in the past perfect simple.
We/ just/ hear/ the news/ when/ you/ ring.
We'd just heard the news when you rang.
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Write sentences using the prompts. One of the verbs must be in the past perfect simple.
I/ already/ think of/ that/ before/ you/ suggest/ it.
I'd already thought of that before you suggested it.
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Write sentences using the prompts. One of the verbs must be in the past perfect simple.
When/ I/ turn on/ the TV/ the programme/ already/ start.
When I turned on the TV, the programme had already started.
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Write sentences using the prompts. One of the verbs must be in the past perfect simple.
She/ be/ hungry/ because/ she/ not/ eat/ anything/ all day.
She was hungry because she hadn't eaten anything all day.
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Write sentences using the prompts. One of the verbs must be in the past perfect simple.
By the time/ I leave/ school/ I decide/ to become/ a musician.
By the time I left school, I had decided to become a musician.
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She ....................... (sleep) for ten hours when I woke her.
had been sleeping
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He was red in the face because he ................. (run) .
had been running
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I was really tired because I .................... (study) .
[ had been studying ]
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When we met, you ............................... (work) at that company for six months.
[ had been working ]
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I ......................... (work) all day, so I didn't want to go out..
[ had been working ]
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He didn't feel healthy because he .................... (not go) to the gym.
hadn't been going
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It's the first time .................. all the answers right in at test!
A. I've got
B. I've been getting
C. I'd got
D. I've been getting
C
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The exam .................... when Jimmy finally found the right room.
A. has already started
B. had already been started
C. already started
D. already starts
C
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............ that crossword for over an hour and you still haven't finished it!
A. You've done
B. You'd done
C. You've been doing
D. You'd been doing
C
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When we were in Canada, we went/ were going skiing almost everyday.
went
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About four years ago, I decided/ was deciding to become a chef.