Complete the text. Use the past perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
Last Saturday morning, a giant chocolate rabbit disappeared from a sweet show window. The
shop owner wondered who (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (steal) it, as he (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . (not see) the thief pass by. Later on, he watched the shop’s security film and found out that a three –
year – old girl (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (take) the 60 – centimeter – tall rabbit! The child (4) . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (pull) the large chocolate animal out onto the street and (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . (hide) it in her pushchair. Her mother (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (not notice) this. She was
confused when she later found the rabbit, but she only realized what (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(happen) when she saw a photo of herself in the newspaper!
Complete the sentences. Use the past perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
1. After dad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (wash) the car, he read the newspaper
2. He . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (not have) lunch so he was very hungry.
3. He . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (not recharge) his mobile so he couldn’t text me.
4. She felt tired because she . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (go) to bed very late the night before.
5. We couldn’t drive to Liverpool because our car (break down) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6. I didn’t go to the cinema because I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (see) the film
7. Last summer I went to Rome. I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (not visit) Italy before
8. After I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (write) the essay, I gave it to my teacher.
9. He was upset because somebody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (steal) his watch
10. They were shocked that he . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (murder) his wife
11. I was happy that the police . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (catch) the vandals
12. We couldn’t drive to London because somebody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (vandalise) our car
13. We heard that an arsonist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (burn down) a school in London
14. After they . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (rob) the bank, they escaped in a BMW.
Complete the reported speech. Use the past simple, could/couldn’t or past perfect.
1. ‘I’m going out,’ she said
She said that . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. ‘I don’t speak French,’ he said
He said that . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3. ‘I saw a good film in London,’ he said
He said that . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4. ‘We can’t come to the party,’ they said
They said that . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5. ‘It’s very cold outside,’ she said
She said that . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6. ‘I didn’t do my homework,’ he said
He said that . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7. ‘We live in a small village,’ they said
They said that . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8. ‘He can type really fast,’ she said
She said that . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9. ‘It’s snowing,’ he said
He said that . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10. ‘Somebody stole my wallet,’ he said
He said that . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
