Past Perfect Simple – Free Exercise

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Exercises

Form the Past Perfect Simple.

  1. I/work →  subject + had + 3rd verb form|regular verb → basic form + ed
  2. he/paint →  subject + had + 3rd verb form|regular verb → basic form + ed
  3. we/listen →  subject + had + 3rd verb form|regular verb → basic form + ed
  4. you/speak →  subject + had + 3rd verb form|irregular verb (speak-spoke-spoken)
  5. they/find  subject + had + 3rd verb form|irregular verb (find-found-found)

Complete the sentences using the past perfect simple.

  1. We ate cherries from the tree that my grandfather (plant)   many years before.had + past participle
  2. When we arrived, the show (already/start)  .had + adverb + past participle
  3. We went to a place where I (never/be)   before.had + adverb + past participle|irregular verb: be-was/were-been
  4. The teacher wanted to know whether we (read)   the book.had + past participle|irregular verb: read-read-read
  5. Yesterday I met a friend that I (not/see)   for ages.hadn’t + past participle|irregular verb: see-saw-seen

Complete the questions using the past perfect simple.

  1. (your husband/make)   dinner when you got home?had + subject + past participle|irregular verb: make-made-made
  2. (Lisa/finish)   her homework when she went out with her friends?had + subject + past participle
  3. (you/have)   breakfast when you started work?had + subject + past participle|irregular verb: have-had-had
  4. What (he/do)   that made you so upset?question word + had + subject + past participle|irregular verb: do-did-done
  5. (she/already/move)   to London when she met her partner?had + subject + adverb + past participle