Tap the word tiles in the correct order to build a Past Perfect sentence. 30 exercises across three sets covering affirmative, negative, and questions.
Set:
Set 1: Affirmative & Negative
Tap the word tiles in the correct order to build a Past Perfect sentence. Tap a placed word to remove it.
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Arrange the words into a correct sentence
Tap words below to build the sentence…
Question 1 of 10
+ Affirmative
Subjecthadpast participle.
She had left before he arrived. · They had eaten. · It had happened before.
− Negative
Subjecthadn'tpast participle.
He hadn't seen it before. · We hadn't met yet. · She hadn't finished.
? Question
Hadsubjectpast participle?
Had they finished? · Had she ever been there? · Had it started?
Word Order Tips
Adverbs: already / just / never / ever
She had already left. (NOT: She had left already.)
I had just arrived when it started.
They had never seen snow before.
Questions: Had + subject first
Had they finished? (NOT: They had finished?)
Had she ever been there?
Had the meeting started?
Sequence with before / after / when / by the time
After she had eaten, she went for a walk.
By the time I arrived, they had left.
When he called, I had already eaten.
Past Perfect vs Past Simple
Past Perfect
Past Simple
Action before another past event
Action at a specific time in the past
By the time, before, after, when + sequence needed
Yesterday, last week, in 2020, at 5pm
She had left before I arrived.
She left at 8am.
By the time he called, she had finished.
She finished and then he called.
I wish I had known.
I knew it then.
Key words for Past Perfect
alreadyjustnevereverby the timebeforeafterwhenas soon asuntilby 5pmby then