Question

Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Perfect Simple or Past Perfect Continuous. 1) By the time we got to the cinema, the film................ (already/start).
2) She let me use her camera after she............ (show) me how to use it.
3) Henrietta .......... (travel) for three days before she reached her destination.
4) Mark ............. (type) for so long that his fingers hurt.
5) He ............. (save) up for months before he bought a car.
6) The team ................ (practise) for the big match since January.
7) She left the room only after she ...............(look) everywhere for her missing bracelet. 8) She .............. (leave) before Paul arrived.​

Answer 1

1) By the time we got to the cinema, the film had already started.

2) She let me use her camera after she had shown me how to use it.

3) Henrietta had been travelling for three days before she reached her destination.

4) Mark had been typing for so long that his fingers hurt.

5) He had been saving up for months before he bought a car.

6) The team had been practising for the big match since January.

7) She left the room only after she had looked everywhere for her missing bracelet.

8) She had left before Paul arrived.​