Past Perfect tense - Exercises

Use the past perfect tense.

Ex.: (to go) After you had gone, I went to sleep.

1. (to leave) When I arrived, Ann………already…………… .

2. (to work) He was tired because he…………..since dawn.

3. (just - to arrive) He……………….. when she called.

4. (to write) Did you post the letter after you ……………it?

5. (to finish) I read the book after I …………….my work.

6. (to do) Fred ………. nothing before he saw me.

7. (to taste) My friends enjoyed his food as soon as they ………….it.

8. (to break) Before the maid fell down she …………all the dishes.

9. (already - to spend) He ……………all the day reading when it began to rain.

10. (to ring) The phone ………………twice during the past half hour when Sam came home.