The past perfect
You learn the past perfect: had plus the past participle.
How to do the test
- Find had before the gap.
- Use the past participle of the verb in brackets.
- It shows an action that was already finished.
Type the past participle of the verb in brackets. By the time we arrived, the film had ___ (start).
- The past perfect is had plus the past participle.
- It shows something that was already finished before another past event.
- The past participle of start is started.
More examples
Type the past participle of the verb in brackets. The bell rang after we had ___ (finish) our work.
- The past perfect is had plus the past participle.
- It shows something that was already finished before another past event.
- The past participle of finish is finished.
Type the past participle of the verb in brackets. He cried because he had ___ (break) his toy.
- The past perfect is had plus the past participle.
- It shows something that was already finished before another past event.
- The past participle of break is broken.