Past Perfect Mixed Exercise 3

The past perfect (simple) is a tense in English to talk about events in the past that happened before another action in the past. This means that the action in the past perfect happened in a more distant past.

This is an exercise about forming the past perfect in positive sentences, negative sentences, and questions.

You can find the exercise below:

Past Perfect Mixed Exercise 3

Complete these sentences by filling in the correct form of the verb in the past perfect.
1.
My mother (not, to drive) on the motorway before yesterday.
2.
His brother (to break) his arm before they attacked him.
3.
(they, to deal with) their neighbours before they sold the house?
4.
Usain Bolt (to give) everything before he quit.
5.
(he, to trick) me before he left me?
6.
After we (to go) home, they got mugged.
7.
You (not, to buy) me a present before I told you about my birthday.
8.
The police (to chase) him before he got caught.
9.
I (to read) the book before my friend read it.
10.
He (to analyse) the risk before something happened.

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