GRAM1 Test yourself 3: The tenses

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Past Perfect (Continuous)

Tenses

We use the past perfect for ...

1. have
2. been
3. had
4. having

Match the tense and when we use this tense

a past event that was in progress for some time before another past event

an event that had just stopped and of which result was still visible

an event in the past that happened before another past event

events in the past of which we know when they happened and that they are finished

past simple

past perfect

past continuous

past perfect continuous

I missed my ferry. When I arrived at the port, it (leave).

Mario said he (see, not) Lucy since last Friday.

Linda (eat, already) when she arrived at my house.

-Had you been to London before?
-Yes, ..........

Which sentence is correct?

1. I had just gone to sleep when my phone was ringing.
2. I had just gone to sleep when my phone rang.
3. I just went to sleep when my phone had rung.
4. I just went to sleep when my phone rang.

I'm so tired; I (drive) all night.

He phoned me as soon as he (left) the hospital.

We (play) cards when we felt the earthquake.

After hours of shopping, they still (find, not) what they were looking for.