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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.

  1. When I joined the call, the meeting ___. I missed the first ten minutes.

  2. I couldn't call you. I ___ my phone at home.

  3. By the time the taxi arrived, we ___ everything.

  4. ___ you met him before the conference last year?

  5. Yesterday I ___ to the dentist's.

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