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TEFL exercises - Intermediate materials - Past Perfect
grammar
Look at the half-sentences and join them together to make complete sentences or questions.
Example Amelie was over the moon when she heard that she had won the lotto.
because I hadn’t made a best man’s speech before.
before they got married?
they went to the local restaurant for dinner.
when I realized I had forgotten to buy pasta.
because the battery on my mobile had run down.
surprised when he ordered dessert.
before she got her promotion?
before he decided to buy the first one.
because Jack had fallen down the hill.
1 I was cooking spaghetti bolognaise
2 Bill had tried on six shirts
3 When they had finished the meeting
4 I couldn’t call you
5 How long had they known each other
6 Jill was upset
7 Jabber had already eaten eight courses, so we were all
8 How long had Jennifer worked there
9 I had terrible butterflies in my stomach