Question

1. Supply the past perfect of the verbs in the parentheses.
a) Mary _________________ (leave) the party before I arrived.
b) We __________________(finish) the exercises before the teacher entered the
room.
c) I washed the dishes after we ___________ (eat).
d) Susan lost the book that Billy __________________(give) her.
e) They _________________ (clean) the room before I called them.
f) She suspected he _____________(steal) the car.
2. Complete the sentences with after or before.
a) We had started our exercises _____________ the teacher arrived.
b) The teacher corrected our composition __________ we had written them.
c) She had washed the apple ______________ she ate it.
d) Donald painted his house ______________ he had built it.
e) I had written two messages ______________ my secretary came into the room.
f) Paul began to worry about Jeremiah ______________ he had gone.
3. Fill in with past perfect or simple past.
a) I ______________ (see) the the film before patricia talked about it.
b) The teacher ___________ (give) us a test after we had studied the lesson.
c) James told me that he _________________ (fall) from a tree.
d) She knew that her boyfriend ______________(go) to the movies with her best
friend.
e) They ________________(finish) their work after they had studied for three hours.
f) Willian didn’t go to the movies with us. He ___________ (see) that film.
4. Translate into English:
a) Ela tinha estado esperando por mais de quinze minutos quando o ônibus
chegou.
b) O show já havia começado quando vc chegou ao teatro?
c) Quando o despertador tocou, Jane tinha estado dormindo por mais de dez
horas
d) Maria estava com medo de viajar de avião porque nunca tinha voado antes.
5. Complete the sentences with simple past, past perfect or past perfect continuous.
a) By the time I __________ (get) to Ann’s house, she _________ (go) to school.
b) Before we ____________(take) Johnny to the zoo, he ________ (neve see) a
lion.
c) It was clear that she __________(be / cry) because her eyes______________
( be) red.
d) John __________ (tell) me about the trip he ______________ (take) to Mexico.
e) How did you know ____________ (paint)
Because your hair _____________ (be) covered with paint.

Answer 1

Resposta:

1.

A) left

B) finished

C) ate

D) gave

É) cleaned

F) stole

2.

A) before

B) after

C) before

D) after

É) before

F) after