1. Read the sentences, identify the tenses, then match them with the correct description choosing the appropriate letter. 

1. The couple was exhausted because they HAD BEEN HIKING all day_. ______

2. I’D already COOKED dinner before Lily got home. _____

3. He HAD PLAYED three concerts in London until then. _____

4. She’D LOVED eating junky food for years before she became obese. _____

5. Freddie was tired because he HAD GONE to sleep very late the night before. _____

6. The girls HAD BEEN JUMPING rope in the park since lunch before their parents asked them to come home. ______
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7. Sophia HAD HATED attending English classes for months by the beginning of a new term. _____

8. Britain HAD DECLARED war on France by the end of the year. _____

9. Unexpectedly he settled down in the country he HAD NEVER WANTED to live. _____

10. By lunch Jacky’s sister HAD BEEN CLEANING windows for two hours. _____

DESCRIPTIONS:

A _An event that happened in the past with a result visible in the past_

B _An event that continued for some time in the past before a stated time in the past _

C _An event that happened before a stated time in the past_

D _An event that continued for some time in the past before another past event_

E _A state that did not exist at any time in the past before another past event with a time adverb_

F _A state that existed for some time in the past before some past event happened_

G _An event that happened in the past before another past event_

H _An event that happened a certain number of times__ __up to a particular point of time in the past _

I _A state that existed for some time in the past before a stated time in the past_

J_ An event that continued for some time in the past with a result visible in the past _

