Module 5. Online Grammar Quiz

Make the positive past perfect tense.

1. She told me she             (study) a lot before the exam.

2. Julie and Anne         (meet) before the party.

3. When I arrived at the cinema, the film             (start).

4. She           (live) in China before she went to Thailand.

5. The garden was dead because it          (be) dry all summer.

Make the positive past perfect continuous tense.

1. I                  (work) all day, so I didn’t want to go out.

2. She                   (sleep) for ten hours when I woke her.

3. They                 (live) in London for three years when he lost his job.

4. When we met, you                  (work) at that company for six months.

5. We                 (eat) all day, so we felt a bit ill.

1. He                  [had married, had been married, married, has married]her two years before we met.

2. James told me you                 [had been buying, had bought, has bought, had been bought]the old vicarage two years before your son’s birth.

3. He                  [played, had played, had been played, had been playing]tennis for 4 hours when he broke his leg.

4. The dog came into the house once she                    [finished, had been finished, had finished, had been finishing]the housework.

5. He                  [had been driving, drive, has been driving, had driven]his car for 10 minutes when he realized it had a flat tire.

6. She                   [had thrown, has thrown, had been thrown, had been throwing]the letter away when she noticed it was not important.

7. He                   [has swimming, had swimming, was swimming, had been swimming]for 15 minutes when he understood he had lost his swimsuit.

8. It                  [rained, had rained, had been raining, has rained]for one hour when the wind started to blow.

9. He rushed to the baker’s when he saw his wife                     [forgot, had been forgetting, has forgot, had forgotten]to buy some bread.

10. Sarah was exhausted. She                  [has been washing, had been washing, had washed, has washed]the dishes for more than three hours.

Make the positive sentences using past perfect or past perfect continuous.

Peter was Sally’s best friend. She           (know) him all her life.

The children were wet because they                  (play) football in the rain.

I was delighted when I found my keys. I                  (look) for them for hours.

Before we parked our car we               (collect) our tickets.

Everything was white because it                  (snow).

Make the negative sentences using past perfect or past perfect continuous.

We were very hungry because we               (not/eat).

I              (not/see) Jacob for several years, but I recognized him immediately.

I arrived on Sunday. I              (not/be) at home for two days.

His English was awful. He                       (not/study) it since he started school.

She called the police when she              (not/see) the light in the hall.