A2 - B1 Level
The past perfect tense is used to talk about an action that happened before another action in the past.
Example: I had eaten breakfast before I went to school.
(First: I ate breakfast → Second: I went to school)
Subject + had + past participle
Subject + had not (hadn't) + past participle
Had + subject + past participle?
I had finished my homework before dinner.
After she had studied, she went to bed.
When I arrived, they had left.
He had already eaten.
I had never seen it before.
By the time she called, I had left.
Choose the correct answer for each sentence.
1. She _____ her homework before dinner.
2. They _____ to Paris after they saved enough money.
3. I _____ that movie before last night.
4. _____ you _____ breakfast before you left?
5. After he _____ the book, he watched the movie.
6. We _____ the house before the guests arrived.
7. She _____ her keys before she got home.
8. _____ they _____ the test before the teacher collected it?
Choose between Present Perfect or Past Perfect for each sentence.
Pay attention to the signal words!
1. I _____ never _____ sushi before yesterday.
2. She _____ already _____ three cups of coffee today.
3. After we _____ dinner, we went for a walk.
4. They _____ just _____ the news.
5. Before she called me, she _____ her decision.
6. I _____ never _____ to London.
7. He _____ the email before the meeting started.
8. We _____ already _____ this movie.
9. After they _____ the project, they celebrated.
10. She _____ just _____ her homework.
11. Before I moved here, I _____ in Spain.
12. They _____ yet _____.
13. When I arrived, the train _____ already _____.
14. I _____ _____ my keys. I can't find them.
15. After she _____ English for 5 years, she moved to England.