Past Perfect

Use

1) past action which occurred before another action or before a stated past time

He had left by the time I got there. (or by 8.15)

2) complete past action which had visible results in the past

She was sad because she had failed the test

3) the Past Perfect is the past equivalent of the Present Perfect

(He can't find his watch He has lost it) He couldn't find his watch. He had lost it

Time expressions: for, since, already, after, just, never, yet, before, by, by the time etc.

12.1 * Complete the sentence with the past simple or past perfect simple form of the verb in brackets:

1. When I (try) tried to use my laptop, I realized the battery (run) _______ down.

2. I (turn) _______ the computer off, but forgot that I (not save) _______ my work.

3. I only remembered I (not pay) _______ the bill when my Internet connection (stop) _______ working.

4. When I (receive) _______ the e-mail, I couldn't understand who (send) _______ it.

5. When I (check) _______ the instructions, I understood what I (do) _______.

6. I knew I (receive) _______ a virus when I (run) _______ the anti-virus program.

7. As soon as I (download) _______ the document, I knew I (make) _______ a mistake.

8. I could see what (go) _______ wrong as soon as I (look) _______ inside the printer.

9. I knew I (press) _______ the wrong key when nothing (happen) _______.

10. When the screen (go) _______ blank, I couldn't understand how it (happen) _______.

12.2 * Choose the correct form. A, B or C, to complete the sentences:

On 26 December 2004, Tilly Smith, a 10-year-old British schoolgirl, 1) was walking on the beach with her family. They 2) ___ Christmas in Thailand. Suddenly Tilly 3) ___ that something was wrong. She could see that the water 4) ___ and waves 5) ___ up the beach. The beach 6) ___ smaller and smaller. She 7) ___ that there had been an earthquake in Sumatra that morning, but she 8) ___ a geography lesson she 9) ___ at school just two weeks before. So she 10) ___ her mother what she 11) ___ about earthquakes and giant waves. Luckily for the Smith family, Tilly's teacher Andrew Kearney 12) ___ the class about earthquakes and 13) ___ them a video of a tsunami in Hawaii. Tilly 14) ___ screaming at her parents to get off the beach. They 15) ___ Tilly back to their hotel, which was not too close to the shore, and 16) ___ the alarm. One of the staff, who was Japanese, 17) ___ the word tsunami, and 18) ___ everyone to leave the beach. From their room on the third floor, the Smiths 19) ___ the terrible effects of the tsunami on the area. Thanks to Tilly, everybody from that beach 20) ___ that terrible day.

1. walked	had walked	was walking
2. spent	had spent	were spending
3. felt	had felt	was feeling
4. rose	had risen	was rising
5. came	had come	were coming
6. got	had got	was getting
7. did not know	had not known	was not knowing
8. suddenly remembered	had remembered suddenly	was suddenly remembering
9. had	had had	was having
10. told	had told	was telling
11. learnt	had learnt	was learning
12. taught	had taught	was teaching
13. showed	hadshown	was showing
14. started	had started	was starting
15. took	had taken	were taking
16. raised	had raised	were raising
17. understood	had understood	was understanding
18. ordered	had ordered	was ordering
19. watched	had watched	were watching
20. survived	had survived	was surviving

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