Department of English NAME_______________________________________________CLASS 10 PAST PERFECT SIMPLE or PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
1.Recently I__________________________(feel) really tired. 2.The boy______________________________________(break)his leg before his mother came. 3.I could smell cigarettes. Somebody____________________________ (smoke). 4.Suddenly, my car broke down. I was not surprised. It________________________________ (not/run) well for a long time. 5.I_______________________________________________ (eat/already) when you called me. 6.Kathy put on weight because she____________________________ (not/do) exercise for months. 7.My mother__________________________________________ (already/cook) the dinner when I arrived. 8.I__________________________________________(run) for an hour when it started raining. 9.If it_________________________________________ (not/rain) , we would have played football. 10.Mary________________________________________________ (not/finish) her homework yet. 11.Peter was Sally's best friend. She_______________________(know) him all her life. 12.The children were wet because they______________________(play) football in the rain. 13. We were very hungry because we_____________________(not / eat). 14. I was delighted when I found my keys. I_________________(look) for them for hours. 15. She was exhausted because she_______________________(work) since eight o'clock that morning. 16.The passengers were cross because the airline_________________ (lose) everyone's bags.
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I'm sorry I left without you last night, but I told you to meet me early because the show started at 8:00. I (try) _______________________ to get tickets for that play for months, and I didn't want to miss it. By the time I finally left the coffee shop where we were supposed to meet, I (have) ______________________________ five cups of coffee and I (wait) ________________________ over an hour. I had to leave because I (arrange) ___________________________ to meet Kathy in front of the theater.
When I arrived at the theater, Kathy (pick, already) ________________ up the tickets and she was waiting for us near the entrance. She was really angry because she (wait) ________________________ for more than half an hour. She said she (give, almost) ____________________ up and (go) ______________________________ into the theater without us.
Kathy told me you (be) _________________________ late several times in the past and that she would not make plans with you again in the future. She mentioned that she (miss) _______________________ several movies because of your late arrivals. I think you owe her an apology. And in the future, I suggest you be on time!