Past Perfect vs Past Perfect Continuous 2
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Complete the following sentences with the
past perfect
or
past perfect continuous
forms of the verbs in bold.
ANSWERS
1)
We
(eat)
all the ice cream by the time Susan got to the party.
2)
Matthew needed a holiday because he
(work)
hard for several months.
3)
I could tell my daughter
(cry)
because her eyes were red.
4)
He
(get)
up at four o'clock all week, so on Saturday he was completely exhausted.
5)
The Alvarezes
(never/be)
to the theatre before last Friday.
6)
(Amanda/ever/study)
Japanese before she moved to Japan?
7)
If he
(know)
about the consequences, he wouldn't have done that.
8)
The car
(belong)
to Mark for years before Sara bought it.
9)
The police officer asked whether everybody
(leave)
the building.
10)
I wish I
(go)
fishing that day. Everybody else did.
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Answers
1)
had/'d eaten (PP)
action happened before a specific time in the past
2)
had/'d been working (PPC)
emphasis on the duration of an action in the past
3)
had/'d been crying (PPC)
the cause and effect of something from the past
4)
had/'d been getting (PPC)
repeated actions that happened in the past
5)
had never been (PP)
action did not happen before the past
6)
Had Amanda ever studied (PP)
action happened before something else in the past
7)
had/'d known (PP)
the third conditional
8)
had belonged (PP)
the past perfect is usually used with stative verbs
9)
had left (PP)
reported speech
10)
had/'d gone (PP)
regret or dissatisfaction with the past