CTJ - Adult Expert A - 2

The Past Perfect Simple...

• ...is a verb tense used to talk about actions that were completed before some point in the past.

• ...shows that an action that started in the past continued up until another time in the past.

• ...is used to talk about a completed action in a time before now

• ...describes ongoing actions in the past.

We were late for the plane because we ___ (forget) our passports.

I _______________ to contact him, but he didn't answer my call.

• had tried

• had trying

• tried

• am trying

cooking / she / arrived / was / I / when

• Was She cooking when I arrived.

• She was cooking when I arrived.

• She cooking was when I arrived.

We ___(try) buy some tickets for the next flight to Barcelona, but they ___(sell) all the seats.

We use Past Perfect for an action which happened before another past action or before a stated time in the past.

• Yes
• No

Marcos ___ there for 5 years, but now he's retired.

• worked

• has worked

• have worked

• didn't work

We use had been + the -ing of the main verb to form the past perfect continuous.

• False

• True

They ____________(study) all day so when we___________ (meet) they were exhausted.

• had studied/ had met

• had been studying / met

Achraf wasn't at home when I visited his place. He _______________ out.

• has just gone

• had gone

• just went

• have just gone