Using the Past Perfect

Anne: Why didn't you speak to Ms. Hanson yesterday?
John: ____ her before.
1. I'd never met
2. I've never met
3. I never met
Luke: Why didn't you introduce me to that girl?
Jill: ____ her name until this minute.
1. I'd forgotten
2. I've forgotten
3. I forgot
Ben: Why did you go home so early?
Jim: I ____ the dog.
1. haven't fed
2. hadn't fed
3. didn't feed
Paul: You looked very tired Tuesday.
Andy: Yes, I ____ at all the night before.
1. hadn't slept
2. haven't slept
3. didn't sleep
Alan: Why did you jump off the ship?
Mark: It ____.
1. had sunk
2. was sinking
3. sank
Beth: Why didn't you join in the party?
Mary: They ____, and I can't sing.
1. sang
2. had sung
3. were singing
Mike: I'm going to run ten miles today.
Jack: ____ ten miles before?
1. Did you ever run
2. Have you ever run
3. Had you ever run
Lisa: Did you stay here last summer?
Sara: No, ____ to Europe.
1. we'd gone
2. we went
3. we were going
Pam: Did you fall down the stairs?
Amy: Yes, and ____ my leg.
1. I'd hurt
2. I was hurting
3. I hurt
David: Don't you want to read this book?
Jason: ____ it last year.
1. I'd read
2. I read
3. I was reading
Matt: Where's your old friend Michael?
Bill: He left school and ____ a singer.
1. had become
2. became
3. was becoming
Jim: Why don't you want to play tennis with Richard?
Bob: ____ me six times last year.
1. He'd beaten
2. He was beating
3. He beat
Judy: Why don't you want to come with us?
Bess: ____ comfortable with your friends.
1. I'd never felt
2. I've never felt
3. I was never feeling
Billy: Hello, Mr. Barlow. Do you remember me?
Mr. B: Oh, it's Billy! ____ a lot.
1. You'd grown
2. You grew
3. You've grown
Joe: Michelle doesn't seem to like you very much.
Dan: I broke a date with her once, and she ____ me.
1. hadn't forgiven
2. hasn't forgiven
3. didn't forgive
David: I guess you enjoyed your trip to Europe.
Kelly: Yes, ____ to France before.
1. I'd never been
2. I've never been
3. I never was
James: Did you really swim across the lake last summer?
Chris: Yes, ____ that far before.
1. I'd never swum
2. I've never swum
3. I was never swimming
Jane: Why was it so cold in our room?
Joan: That bad storm last week ____ a window.
1. has broken
2. had broken
3. was breaking
Jennifer: Why did your parents move to Florida?
Kimberly: ____ a house there.
1. They'd built
2. They've built
3. They built
Pete: Couldn't you hear the telephone ringing?
Eric: No, I ____ in the sun by the swimming pool.
1. had lain
2. was lying
3. lay
I had to write a lot of letters last night. When I
____ all of them, I watched TV.
1. had written
2. have written
3. wrote

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