Past Perfect Exercises For Icelandic Grammar

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The Past Perfect tense in Icelandic grammar, known as, “รžjรณรฐlegt รพรกtรญรฐarliรฐiรฐ”, expresses completed actions that have taken place before another point in the past. This tense is typically formed by a helper verb, hafa (to have), in past tense (hafรฐi) plus the past participle of the main verb. Participles often end in “รฐ” or “t”.

Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with the correct Past Perfect verb form in Icelandic

1. รžeir hafรฐu aldrei *sรฉn* (seen) slikan foss.
2. ร‰g hafรฐi *unniรฐ* (worked) รพar รญ tvรถ รกr.
3. Hรบn hafรฐi *sungid* (sung) lรถgin mjรถg fallega.
4. Hann hafรฐi *skrifaรฐ*bรณkina (written the book) fyrir opinberun eigin fรถรฐur.
5. Viรฐ hรถfรฐum *talaรฐ* (talked) um รพaรฐ margir sinnum.
6. รžiรฐ hafรฐuรฐ *fariรฐ* (gone) รญ sveitina รพegar รฉg kom.
7. Fuglinn hafรฐi *flugiรฐ* (flown) burt.
8. Bรณkin hafรฐi *veriรฐ* (been) skrifuรฐ af frรฆgum hรถfundi.
9. Lisa hafรฐi *lรญkaรฐ* (liked) myndinni.
10. รžau hafรฐu *sรฉรฐ* (seen) sรบrmjรณlk รญ รญsskรกpnum.
11. ร‰g hafรฐi *gleymt* (forgotten) aรฐ loka glugganum.
12. Hรบn hafรฐi *elskaรฐ* (loved) รพessa staรฐsetningu.
13. Hann hafรฐi *tapast* (lost) รญ skรณginum.
14. Viรฐ hรถfรฐum *boriรฐ* (carried) kjรถtรญdiskinn til baka.
15. รžiรฐ hafรฐuรฐ *lรกtiรฐ* (let) drenginn vera รญ friรฐi.

Exercise 2: Use the correct Past Perfect verb form in Icelandic to fill the blanks

1. Barniรฐ hafรฐi *sofiรฐ* (slept) รญ rรบminu sitt.
2. Hundurinn hafรฐi *boriรฐ* (carried) kรถttinn.
3. Maรฐurinn hafรฐi *opnaรฐ* (opened) dyrt.
4. Pabbi hafรฐi *keypt* (bought) nรฝja bรญl.
5. Friรฐa hafรฐi *veriรฐ* (been) รญ badinu.
6. รžiรฐ hafรฐuรฐ *fastaรฐ* (fasted) upp รก Pรกska.
7. ร‰g hafรฐi *leikiรฐ* (played) meรฐ hundinn minn.
8. Hรบn hafรฐi *mรฆtt* (met) strรกkinn รญ bรณkasafninu.
9. Hann hafรฐi *litiรฐ* (looked) รก frรฉttirnar.
10. Viรฐ hรถfรฐum *nรกรฐ* (reached) toppinum.
11. Skรกldiรฐ hafรฐi *rakast* (shaved) รกรฐur en รพaรฐ fรณr aรฐ lesa ljรณรฐ.
12. รžau hafรฐu *lagst* (laid) aรฐ sofa.
13. ร‰g hafรฐi *klรณraรฐ* (scratched) bรญlinn minn.
14. Hรบn hafรฐi *sett* (put) hรบfuรฐ รก hann.
15. Hann hafรฐi *straflaรฐ* (wandered) um sumarhรบsiรฐ sitt.

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