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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.

before they got married?
when I realized I had forgotten to buy pasta.
before he decided to buy the first one.
because I hadn’t made a best man’s speech before.
they went to the local restaurant for dinner.
because Jack had fallen down the hill.
because the battery on my mobile had run down.
before she got her promotion?
surprised when he ordered dessert.
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
Are you sure?
noYes