Past Perfect Simple – Past Perfect Continuous Test A2 – B1 Grammar Exercises

1. Bill and Jane were very tired because they ...... on stage for hours.

2. George ...... about the song until he ...... it on the TV show last night.

3. I couldn't send you a postcard from Portugal last month because I .........your address before I ...... there for holiday.

4.After we ............my grandparents, we.........by the burger restaurant to eat lunch.

S. Mrs. Henderson ..... the report for the boss before he ..... at work in the morning.

6. When Haluk ...... the door, he was surprised to see her friend Havva, who he ...... for years.

7.It was too late for me to persuade Matt to return because he..........on the bus whwn I.......him mobile phone.

8 : Where ...... Funda ...... when she went to Barcelona? B: She ...... a room at a hotel by the beach two months in advance, so she stayed there.

9. Mr. Lewis was really angry because he ...... at the hospital for over 2 hours.

1O. They ...... to find an answer to the problem for 3 hours when they ...... its solution.

11. My father ..... the broken window by the time my mother ..... home from work.

William ...... for the remote control for 3 days when he ...... it under the sofa.

13. The tickets of the concert ...... out by the time I got to the venue, but thankfuly my friend Lee ...... the tickets online.

14.The traffic was terrible yesterday, and before I......home from work, the footboll match..........

15. By the time I ...... the attic, Mrs. Shannon ...... all the other rooms in the house.

16. When my wife ..... to the car park to take her car, she discovered that someone ..... the car window.

17. İpek.........her friend Mustafa move his house for a new days when she........sick.

18.The policeman..........traffic when the lorry.........into the taxi.

19. When I ..... to the shoe shop, the shopkeeper ...... fora tea break, so I had to wait for a while.

20. Mike ...... over the offer for almost a week until he ...... a final decision.