Ex 1. Read the situations and write sentences from the words in brackets as in the example.

The Past Perfect

1. You went to Jill's house but she wasn't there, (she / go / out) She had gone out.

2. You went back to your home town after many years. It wasn't the same as before, (it / change / a lot) ____________________________________________.

3. I invited Rachel to the party but she couldn't come, (she / arrange / to do something else) ________________________________________.

4. You went to the cinema last night. You arrived at the cinema late, (the film / already / begin) ____________________________________________.

5. I was very pleased to see Tim again after such a long time. (I / not / see / him for five years) _________________________________________________.

6. I offered Sue something to eat but she wasn't hungry, (she / just / have / breakfast) __________________________________________.

Exercise 2. Read the situations and write sentences ending with before. Use the verb in brackets.

1. The man sitting next to me on the plane was very nervous. It was his first flight. (fly) He had never flown before. or He hadn't flown before.

2. A woman walked into the room. She was a complete stranger to me. (see) I ___________________________________________________ before.

3. Simon played tennis yesterday. He wasn't very good at it because it was his first game.
(play) He ___________________________________________________.

4. Last year we went to Denmark. It was our first time there. (be) We ____________________________________________________.

Ex. 3. Put the verb in brackets into the correct form, Past Perfect (I had done etc.) or past simple (I did etc.).

1. “Was Tom at the party when you arrived?” “No, he had gone (go) home”

2. I felt very tired when I got home, so I ____________ (go) straight to bed.

3. The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody ___________________ (go) to bed.

4. Sorry I'm late. The car _________________ (break) down on my way here.

5. We were driving along the road when we ________________ (see) a car which ___________ (break) down, so we __________________ (stop) to see if we could help.

Exercise 4.Replace the infinitives in brackets by the Past Indefinite or the Past Perfect.

1. Yesterday we discussed (to discuss) the film which we had seen (to see) some days before.

2. When my sister ________ (to go) to the theatre, I ____________(to begin) to write the letter.

3. The children ____________ (to fall asleep) by ten o'clock.

4. He ____________ (to tell us) many interesting things he __________ (to see) in Lutsk.

5. Peter __________ (to show) us the bicycle his father __________ (to buy) for him.

6. Mother __________ (to cook) supper by the time they ___________ (to come) home.

Exercise5.Choose the right form of the verb from the brackets.

1. Now she was glad she hadnotthrown his address away (did not throw/has not thrown/had not thrown).

2. Rosemary ______ _______ in Paris three days before she called Jean-Jacques (was/were/has been/had been).

3. I paid for what we _______ ______ (were drinking/have drunk/had drunk), and we made our way to a cheap restaurant.

4. On their return they found that Davidson ______ just ________ (has... come/have... come/ had… come).

5. Dr. McPhail told her what ______ _______ and asked her to break the news to Mrs. Davidson (happened/happens/has happened/had happened).

6. "What's your butler's name? I ask because I had a fancy I ______ _______ him somewhere before (saw/see/sees/have seen/has seen/had seen).

7. I realized immediately she ____ _____ ____ me whether they were her daughters, her sisters, her nieces, or her friends (did not tell/hasn't told/hadn't told).

8. I was very much surprised when I heard he ______ _______ Wolfram&Heart Co. (has left/is leaving/had left).

9. He felt as he ______ _______ when his father died (feels/felt/had felt).

10. A change came over my life after this. Before Thompson every­thing ___ _____ _____, he drove my papers and clothes back to their proper places (is disorganized/was disorganized/ had been disorganized).

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