Exercises on past perfect and past perfect continuous

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Exercises on past perfect and continuous

Present perfect simple VS present perfect continuous

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Past perfect simple VS past perfect continuous

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. 1. Peter was Sally's best friend. She ………… (know) him all her life. 2. The children were wet because they…………………. (play) football in the rain. 3. We were very hungry because we ……………………. (not / eat). 4. I was delighted when I found my keys. I ………………… (look) for them for hours. 5. She was exhausted because she ……………………. (work) since eight o'clock that morning. 6. Everything was white because it ………………. (snow). 7. The passengers were cross because the airline ………………. (lose) everyone's bags. 8. I …………………. (not / see) Jacob for several years, but I recognised him immediately.

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Past perfect simple VS past perfect continuous

Complete the sentences by putting the verb in brackets into the past perfect simple or continuous: 1.It was a relief to find the documents. I ......... (look) for them all afternoon. 2.He was dismissed, even though, in his opinion, he .................... (not/do) anything wrong. 3.It was not the first time I'd met him. We ....................... (meet) many times before. 4.He called me at eleven in the evening to tell me that he ....................... (find/finally) a solution. 5.When he ............ (finish) his speech, he waited for the reaction of the audience. But no one said a word. 6.By the time I came back from my business trip, a lot of things ......................... (change) . 7.The doctor asked me how long I .................................. (have) the symptoms. 8.It was more than a month before we realised what ...................... (happen) to him. 9.We ..................... (work/already) on this project for a month before we found a fundamental flaw. 10.The invoice ..................... (not/arrive/still) by the end of the week so we sent them a strong reminder.

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Present perfect simple VS present perfect continuous

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE OR PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS? Fill in the gaps: 1. Recently I ........................... (feel) really tired. 2. The boy ......................... ( broke) his leg before his mother came. 3. I could smell cigarettes. Somebody ........................... (smoke). 4. Suddenly, my car broke down. I was not surprised. It ............... (not/run) well for a long time. 5. I ............................. (eat/already) when you called me. 6. Kathy put on weight because she ........................... (not/do) exercise for months. 7. My mother .............................. (already/cook) the dinner when I arrived. 8. I ................................ (run) for an hour when it started raining. 9. If it ............................... (not/rain) , we would have played football. 10. Mary .................................. (not/finish) her homework yet.

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Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in present tenses. 1)Mrs. Polanski (know) _________________ Peter since he was a little boy. She has lived next door to his family for many years. 2) After eight hours, Angel and Roberto (arrive) __________ in California. They drove there today from New Mexico, and want to go to San Diego tomorrow. 3) Nastia (live) __________________ in Norway for twenty-two years. She enjoys living there. She doesn’t mind the cold winters, but she especially likes to spend summer vacations at the North Sea. 4) Ariel (be) ___________________ a gymnast for eight years. She (break) _________________ six bones since she began practicing gymnastics. She likes to get her friends to sign her casts. 5) (You, be) ________________ to Africa before? I (hear) ____________ it is beautiful there. I would like to go on a safari in Kenya. 6) The President (speak) ________________. His decision is final. Many people don’t agree with him, but making hard decisions is part of his job. I would not want that job! 7) The letter you sent me (not, arrive) _________ yet. I (check) _________ my mailbox for it every day. I wonder where it could be. 8) I (wait) ____________ for thirty minutes and my friend (not, come) _________ to meet me. I am a little worried about her, because she is always on time. 9) I (visit) ___ Spain before. It is a beautiful country. I love the old, southern city of Cádiz, which has wonderful plazas and beaches.

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: 1. Betty Schrampfer Azar, (2002). Understanding and Using English Grammar 2. Jenny Dooley-Virginia Evans, (2000). Grammarway3, 4 Express Publishing 3. John Eastwood (2002). Oxford Practice Grammar. Oxford University Press 4. Past Simple and Continuous games, worksheets, stories and songs 5. Passive Voice Flash Cards, passive tense game, passive tense 6. Raymond Murphy (2008) English Grammar In Use with Answers. Cambridge University Press 7. Raymond Murphy (2007). Essential Grammar In Use with Answers. Cambridge University Press 8. The Internet A friend or an enemy worksheet 9. Virginia Evans, (2000). FCE Use of English Express Publishing 10. Grammar Tense Review - The 12 Tenses in English. Academic English UK 11. Healthy Life reading-part 2_0 12. https://tefltastic.wordpress.com/.../present.simple-worksheets/. 13. www.readingesl.ca/grammar/present.htm 14. https://tefltastic.wordpress.com/.../present.../pres-simp-cont-worksheets/. 15. www.readingesl.ca/grammar/present.htm 16. www.readingesl.ca/grammar/past.htm 17. https://tefltastic.wordpress.com/worksheets/grammar/future/

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