Тренировочная работа для отработки времен Past Perfect-Past perfect Continuous для 7 класса
методическая разработка по английскому языку (7 класс) на тему

Past Perfect / Past Perfect Continuous

 1. Put the verbs in brackets into Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous.

1. Julia wanted to sit down as she ... (stand) at work all day long.

2. She ... (learn) “Eugene Onegin” by the autumn.

3. The rain stopped but there were a lot of puddles because it ... (rain) cats and dogs.

4. Olivia and Victor ... (chat) via Skype only for an hour when the connection broke.

5. They ... (decorate) the New Year tree before the children arrived.

6. Bob ... (eat up) all the muffins by lunchtime.

7. My sister ... (do) the laundry since early morning.

8. I knew that our parents ... (grow) melons in their greenhouse since they bought the house.

9. He ... (lose) much weight by the end of the year.

10. Brown understood the problems of his agency because he ... (work) for it since 2005. 

2. Put the verbs in brackets into Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous, Past Simple or Past Continuous.

1. When I called at his house, he (to spend) his time in the garden.

2. When I came to the station, I (not to) find my friend there as I (to be) five minutes late and the train (to leave).

3. He (to want) to visit the place where he (to live) for 7 years in his childhood.

4. The telegram (to come) some minutes after he (to leave).

5. She (to look) very tired as she (to work) hard.

6. I (to return) to the hotel only late at night as I (to lose) my way in the fog. When I (to come) up to my room, I (to see) Pete at the door of the room. He (to wait) for me as he (to lose) his key and could not get in.

7. When I (to wake) up, it (to be) already ten o'clock. I (to call) my brother. Nobody (to answer). He already (to go out).

8. I (to go) up to the open window. It (to rain) and it (get dark). The birds in the garden (not to sing).

9. When the rain (to stop) I (to look) out of the window and (to see) John who (to stand) under a tree waiting for me.

10. I (to sit) in an armchair and (to think) of my coming trip across the North Sea when the door suddenly (to open) and an old friend of mine (to enter) the room.

11. I (look for) some ghost attractions while my wife (discuss) visiting to the haunted house on the phone.

12. He (to run out of) the house before I (to have) time to ask him anything.

3. Put the verbs in brackets into Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous.

to listen

My head hurt because I ... to music for three hours. – I knew the names of the robbers because I ... to the news on TV. 

to build

They ... a new school for six months when there was an earthquake. – They ... a new block of flats by December. 

to fly

By the time the sun went down the couple ... over the Pacific Ocean for five hours. – By the time the sun went down the couple ... more than 500 km over the Pacific Ocean.