Question

Fill in the gaps with the Past Perfect or the Past Perfect Continuous.

1 I .......... (wait) for an hour before the lecture started.

2 Jane didn't come to the party because she .......... (fall) ill the day before.

3 Before he had breakfast he .......... (not/wash) up.

4 Before Tom answered the question, we .......... (help) him to find the answer.

5 We .......... (decide) to start the project before we even heard about the award.

6 .......... (Professor Sterling/already/announce) the names of the students who would be in his research team when she entered the class?

7 They .......... (live) in Spain before they moved to London.

Answer 1

1 I had been waiting for an hour before the lecture started.

2 Jane didn't come to the party because she had fallen ill the day before.

3 Before he had breakfast he hadn't been washing up.

4 Before Tom answered the question, we had been helping him to find the answer.

5 We had decided to start the project before we even heard about the award.

6 Had professor Sterling already announced the names of the students who would be in his research team when she entered the class?

7 They had been living in Spain before they moved to London.