Past Perfect (basic) — When a Man Walked Into Patagonia
Grammar: Past Simple
Free ESL grammar exercise on past perfect (basic) themed around when a man walked into patagonia. Printable worksheet from EnglishPlans.com.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 3 (intermediate) ESL grammar exercise on travel, practising past simple. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
By the time he arrived in southern Argentina, he had already quit his job and had sold most of his books. He had never felt so free. He had expected isolation to feel frightening, but it did not.
Grammar: Past Simple
- Past perfect — form
- By the time he arrived, he had already quit his job. — had + past participle; action before another past action
- Past perfect
- She had never seen snow before she visited Canada. — use to show what happened earlier in the story
Sample items
- By the time Chatwin reached Patagonia, he ______ his job at the newspaper.
- She ______ never visited such a remote place before she went to Mongolia.
- He ______ already sold most of his belongings when the journey began.
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