B1IntermediateTopic: Tenses
Past perfect: what had happened before?
Had + past participle for the earlier of two past actions, with when, after, before and by the time.
14 questionsby Grove EnglishAdded 13 Oct 2026
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Which action came first?
Choose the correct answer.
When I joined the call, the meeting ___. I missed the first ten minutes.
I couldn't call you. I ___ my phone at home.
By the time the taxi arrived, we ___ everything.
___ you met him before the conference last year?
Yesterday I ___ to the dentist's.
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