Question

II. Complete the sentences with the Past Perfect or the Past Perfect Continuous of the verbs in brackets.

1. John ………..(try) to fix his computer for two hours before he decided to call a professional.
2. Jenny ……….(not/do) her homework yet when her mother called her to have dinner.
3. We didn’t see Ann at the party, because when we got there she……….(already/leave).
4. He thought that he …………(lose) his key.
5. Lora ………..(clean) the house since morning before the guests arrived.

Answer 1

1. John ……had been trying…..to fix his computer for two hours before he decided to call a professional.

2. Jenny …hadn't done…….her homework yet when her mother called her to have dinner.

3. We didn’t see Ann at the party, because when we got there she…had already left.

4. He thought that he ……had lost… his key.

5. Lora …had been cleaning…the house since morning before the guests arrived.