Past Perfect tense exercises - answers

1. It started to rain after we had got to the station. (start / get)
2. We visited the village where we had lived as children. (visit / live)
3. By the time we reached the inn all the guests had left. (reach / leave)
4. We met him just after he had got news of his dismissal. (meet / get)
5. I said I had seen that play before. (see)
6. Nobody knew where she had gone. (know / go)
7. They had finished dinner when we arrived. (finish / arrive)
8. He said that he already twice had visited our town. (visit)
9. We wanted to know which novels he had read. (want / read)
10. They told us that the children had eaten all the cake. (eat)
11. Why didn't you go to bed after you had had supper? (have)
12. By that time we had already got your telegram. (already get)
13. She had spent all her money before her father came. (spend / come)
14. Your letter came five minutes after he had left. (come / leave)
15. I thanked him for the flowers he had sent me. (thank / send)
16. After we had finished writing we played in the garden. (finish / play)
17. Who came into the room after the telephone had rung? (come / ring)
18. We couldn’t open the door because he had lost our keys. (open / lose)
19. She began to cry when the light had gone out. (begin / go)
20. By the time I met him he had already finished his studies. (meet / already finish) )