Past perfect simple and continuous exercises

Exercise 1

Test 1. Past perfect simple or continuous? Choose the correct tense.

I had to have a break. I so long.

Before we parked our car we the ticket.

I arrived on Sunday. I at home for two days.

The roads were blocked in the morning. It all night.

They got to the beach after they for hours.

She called the police when she the light in the hall.

His English was perfect. He it since he started school.

I was really hungry. I anything since the morning.

She didn't go to work. She a cold.

When we moved to Park Street, the Johnsons there for ages.

We the contract before the meeting ended.

Ben was so sweaty because he .

Test 2. Past perfect simple. Complete sentences with the verbs in brackets.

It was 11 o'clock. Carol Parker at the Shaw Hotel five minutes before. (arrive)

She'd lost her way because she to Dublin. (never be)

Carol had a detailed map in her hanbag but she her glasses at home and could not read it. (leave)

She the reception and about the way. (call, ask)

Finally, she in front of the hotel. (stand) She a couple of times before, but she had never felt so miserable. (get lost)

Test 3. Past perfect continuous. Rewrite sentences.

He was relaxing all day. He felt better in the evening.
He felt better in the evening because he all day.

The ship sailed for two days. It landed in Nice.
The ship landed in Nice after it for two days.

After swimming all day they were hungry.
They were hungry because they all day.

Sarah thought about going to America. She decided to study there.
Sarah decided to study in America after she about going there for a while.

They walked all the way. They were tired.
They were tired because they all the way.

It snowed all night. I had an accident.
I had an accident after it all night.

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