Past perfect – English Grammar Exercises for A2

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We (1) ) had(have) a terrible journey on the way to Barcelona. The problems (2) ) (begin) when we (3) ) (leave) home at 6.30 in the morning. There (4) ) (be) a huge traffic jam on the motorway because two lorries (5) ) (crash) and the road (6) ) (be) completely blocked.
By the time we (7) ) (reach) the airport, we (8) ) (miss) our ﬂight. It (9) ) (take) off five minutes before we (10) ) (arrive) at the check-in desk. We (11) ) (try) to buy some tickets for the next ﬂight to Barcelona, but they (12) ) (sell) all the seats. In the end, we (13) ) (buy) tickets for a ﬂight at 7 o’clock that evening and (14) ) (spend) the whole day at the airport.
We (15) ) (land) in Barcelona at 21:45, but we (16) ) (not collect) our suitcases from the arrivals hall until 11 o’clock because there (17) ) (be) a baggage handlers’ strike that day. By the time our taxi driver (18) ) (find) our hotel, the restaurant (19) ) (close), so we (20) ) (go) straight to bed without having dinner.

Staff at a supermarket were surprised to find a tiger in their shop on Monday morning. The tiger (1) ) had gone (go) into the supermarket because it was hungry. It (2) ) (break) the door to get in, but the alarm (3) ) (not go) off because the shop manager (4) ) (forget) to put it on. The tiger (5) ) (make) a terrible mess in the shop. It (6) ) (find) the meat section and it (7) ) (eat) a lot of the meat from the fridges. The police gave the tiger some more meat with a drug in it. When the tiger (8) ) (finish) eating the drugged meat, it fell asleep. Then the police took the tiger back to the zoo. The tiger (9) ) (escape) from the zoo the previous night, after a zoo worker (10) ) (leave) a cage open.

1)
Nobody came (come) to the meeting because Jed had forgotten (forget) to send the invitations.
2)
Zofia (arrive) late because her bus (break) down.
3)
My parents (not go) to Rome before, so they (be) really excited.
4)
Fred (not do) his homework when the teacher (ask) for it.
5)
By the time I (find) the website, they (sell) all the tickets.
6)
The kitchen (be) very messy because I (not have) time to clean up.
7)
I (never fly) before so I (feel) very nervous.
8)
(the match / finished) when you (get) there?

1)
I arrived late for my flight, because I’d written the wrong time in my diary.
2)
The man had run away by the time the police got there.
3)
When I saw the questions in the exam, I realised I’d revised the wrong things.
4)
It had snowed in the night and some of the roads were closed.
5)
I was tired, because I’d worked so hard the day before.

A (1) ) Did you read / Had you read the story about the man who was almost attacked by a shark yesterday?
B No, what (2) ) happened / had happened?
A He was swimming and he (3) ) saw / had seen a dolphin next to him. Then suddenly, the dolphin (4) ) hit / had hit a shark. The swimmer (5) ) didn’t see / hadn’t seen the shark before the dolphin hit it!
B That’s incredible. Well, I (6) ) read / had read another nice animal story. There was a goat that (7) ) looked after / had looked after a farmer for five days. The farmer (8) ) fell / had fallen over and he couldn’t walk or get help.

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