Complete the following sentences using the past perfect tense form of the verbs in parenthesis. Write your answer on the space provided.

1. She ______ (went) home after she had taken her lunch.

2. The Palawanos ______ (live) in Palawan long before the Spaniards arrived.

3. Oliver ______ (take) a cup of coffee before he came to our table.

4. I ______ (buy) a new cellphone before I went to Aborlan.

5. My Nanay didn't turn off the light until I ______ (finish) my modules.

6. Shailini ______ (do) the gardening before it started raining.

7. Gisha ______ (drive) 10 kilometers by the time she arrived in Aramaywan.

8. The students ______ (take) the test, but the teacher told them to take it again.

9. We ______ (eat) before the visitors came.

10. Few people ______
(understand) the news when the pandemic began to spread in the community.

11. She ______ (file)the resignation before her boss fired her in the company.

12. Secretary Harry Roque ______ (find) many reasons to justify the news before he talked in front of the people.

13. He ______ (take) the updates when the mass media arrived.

14. The president ______ (decide) to distribute the relief goods before the virus came in the Philippines.

15. Many of the front liners ______ (feel)disappointed on the manners shown by the Covid positive patients.



Can you write your own past perfect tense using the words below?
The first one is done for you.

1. (run) (jump) - Before I ran towards the woods, I had jumped over the fence. After I had jumped over the fence,
ran towards the woods.

2. (write) (play) -

3 climb) (bathe -

4 drink) (eat) -

5. (plow) (plant) -



Complete the paragraph below by using the verbs in the parenthesis to form sentences in the past perfect tense.

Before President Duterte announced the total lockdown in the entire Luzon due to COVID-19 pandemic, Palawan (has) (1) a vibrant tourism economy. El Nido and Coron (be) (2) bursting with tourists. Hotels and Resorts (be) (3) fully booked. Fast food chains and restaurants (cater) (4) the gastronomic activities of all people, tourists and locals. So, when the lockdown was announced, some tourists (be) (5) stranded.​