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Exercise 3 - Past Perfect
Choose the words that best express the tense.
Example
: John
had been working
very long hours when he past away unexpectedly in his sleep.
[1] When the Bee Gees
1
-CHOOSE-
sang
had sung
were singing
together in front of an audience for the first time, Andy
2
-CHOOSE-
had been born
was born
had not been born
yet.
[2] The Gibb brothers' trio had lived in Australia for two years
3
-CHOOSE-
as soon as
when
after
they
4
-CHOOSE-
had appeared
appeared
didn't appear
on TV for the first time.
[3] They
5
-CHOOSE-
lived
had lived
has lived
in Australia for nine years when the family decided to move back to England.
[4] The Bee Gees did not release a worldwide album until after the family
6
-CHOOSE-
moved
had moved
would move
back to England.
[5] At the time they
7
-CHOOSE-
moved
had moved
has moved
to the United States, the Bee Gees had had only one single on the U.S. pop charts.
[6] They
8
-CHOOSE-
had released
released
have released
Saturday Night Fever after they moved to the United States.
SCORE
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Rules
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Exercise 3 - Past Perfect