English Grammar Exercises for A2 – Past perfect

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1)
Tom (take) his bike apart and was trying to fix it.
2)
She took out a letter which she (keep) in a drawer for years.
3)
When I clicked ‘buy’, the price (increase).
4)
I was cross when the computer suddenly switched off, because I (not save) my document.
5)
He couldn’t move back to London because he (sell) his flat there.

A family in Wales has tried, without success, to get their hands on £5,000 which belongs to them. Six months ago, Richard Williams found a note inside a book. It was from his father, Allan Jones, who 1) (die) two years earlier. The note told Richard about a metal box with £5,000 inside – money that his father 2) (save up) during his lifetime. Before he died, his father 3) (bury) the box in the garden, near the house. Then he 4) (write) a note for the family. He 5) (draw) a small map too, showing the exact location of the money.
Unfortunately, since Allan’s death, the Williams family 6) (do) some building work. They 7) (add) two rooms to the back of house – directly on top of the buried money! ‘If we tried to get the money now, we’d cause too much damage. It would cost more than £5,000 to repair it,’ says Richard, who 8) (not know) anything about his father’s money until he found the note.

Lisa Lewin 1) (imagine) opening her own design shop many times before she finally did it. The result of her dream is Designs. The building 2) (be) a dance studio before she bought it six months ago. ‘They 3) (not do) anything to look after the building,’ Lisa says, ‘so getting ready for opening day took a long time.’ But last Friday, all the hard work she 4) (do) finally paid off. Hundreds of people came to the opening, and many said that they 5) (not hear) of Lisa before. ‘I 6) (think) a design shop would look great on the High Street,’ one shopper said. ‘And then I came in and was very impressed!’

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