Past Perfect Tenses Exercise

I.                 past perfect simple or past perfect continuous

Exercise 1 (D) Complete using the past perfect simple or past perfect continuous of the verbs in the box. You may need to use a negative form.

eat • stay • wait • know • write • see • listen • get • have • run

By the time he died, Beethoven (a)   (w nine symphonies.

I.                 past perfect simple or past perfect continuous

eat • stay • wait • know • write • see • listen • get • have • run ( pick one word)

We chose the Hotel Rio because we (a)   there before.

I.                 past perfect simple or past perfect continuous

eat • stay • wait • know • write • see • listen • get • have • run (pick one word)

We (a)   for over an hour when the train finally arrived.

I.                 past perfect simple or past perfect continuous

eat • stay • wait • know • write • see • listen • get • have • run (pick one word)

I was completely out of breath because I (a)   .

I.                 past perfect simple or past perfect continuous

eat • stay • wait • know • write • see • listen • get • have • run (pick one word)

I (a)   the film before, so I knew how it ended.

I.                 past perfect simple or past perfect continuous

eat • stay • wait • know • write • see • listen • get • have • run (pick one word)

When he got married, I (a)   Chris for about two years.

I.                 past perfect simple or past perfect continuous

eat • stay • wait • know • write • see • listen • get • have • run (pick one word)

Johnson (a)   ready for the race for six months and finally the big moment came.

I.                 past perfect simple or past perfect continuous

eat • stay • wait • know • write • see • listen • get • have • run (pick one word)

Vivian (a)   computer lessons for very long so she wasn't sure how to use the Internet.

I.                 past perfect simple or past perfect continuous

eat • stay • wait • know • write • see • listen • get • have • run (pick one word)

Holly (a)   oysters before, so she wasn't sure what to do with them.

I.                 past perfect simple or past perfect continuous

eat • stay • wait • know • write • see • listen • get • have • run (pick one word)

I (a)   to my new CD for a few minutes when the CD player started making a funny noise.