Unit 15

Grammar Practice

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1

Make sentences using the past perfect.
1 I / study / all day

I had studied all day.

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2 Paul / sell / the car

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3 We / see / the ®lm

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4 They / drink / all the wine

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5 She / buy / a new bag

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6 It / rain / all weekend

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7 They / go / to the beach

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2

Make the underlined parts of the sentences

negative.
1 She was full because she had eaten too

much.

wasn't

hadn't eaten

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2 After ten years he had changed a lot.

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3 George knew him as he had met him before.

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4 Alan had spent all of his money by

Wednesday.
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5 When we arrived at the concert, it

had started.
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6 Philip had fallen asleep before she turned the

lights off.
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7 The receptionist had made the reservations

for the following week.
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3

Complete the sentences. Put the verb in

brackets into the past perfect.
1 She .................................. (already speak) to

had already spoken

him before I arrived.

2 We .................................. (save) a lot of

money for our holiday.

3 He .................................. (travel) all over the

world by the time he was eighteen.

4 When I got to the party, Maria

.................................. (already leave).

5 He .................................. (not wear) those

trousers before he went to the wedding.

6 The decorator .................................. (not

®nish) all the painting when I arrived home.

7 Before the tour started, the cyclist

.................................. (train) every day.

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4

Put the words in the correct order to make

sentences.
1 had / never / Robert / before / football /

played
Robert had never played football before.

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2 always / photos / taking / She / loved / had

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3 I / my / couldn't / car / use / down / broken /

had / it / because
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4 Rachel / several / written / a / got / reply /

times / Jack / had / to / before / he
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5 thieves / arrived / police / escaped / the /

The / when / had
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6 the / started / by / time / play / got / theatre /

The / to / the / we / already / had
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7 Everyone / I / home / got / bed / gone / had /

when / to
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# Cambridge University Press 2005 Level 2 Unit 15

GRAMMAR

PRACTICE

LEVEL

2

UNIT

15

Level 2