The Past Perfect Tense

1. Put questions to the words in italics:

Example: This lawyer had won 100 cases by the beginning of this year. — How many cases had this lawyer won by the beginning of this year?

1. He had studied Law for 5 years before he entered the Faculty of Law. 2. I had known the witness for a long time before she committed the crime. 3. Social changes had already happened by 1920, when the country started to suffer new economic policy. 4. The lawmaker had proven the necessity of enforcing the law by the time the President decided to take necessary measures. 5. They had prohibited the use of drugs but a lot of people had died already. 6. The new law limited the powers of government which before had given them the right to use foreign bank accounts. 7. The functions of Law had changed by the time
Lincoln became President.

2. Read the situations and write sentences using the words in brackets as in the example:

Example: You went to the office last night. You arrived at the office late (the conference/already/begin). — The conference had already begun.

1. The clerk came into the courtroom and I showed him the necessary document with judicial decision (I/ find/ the necessary document). 2. They went to their home town after many years. The beliefs weren't the same as before (they/ change/ a lot). 3.1 offered Jones to read the report on legislature in Ukraine but he didn't want (he /just/ read/ all necessary information). 4. The case was over. There was no the decision of the lower court in the list of documents (the Supreme Court/ to exclude/ it).

3. Use the appropriate form of the verb (Past Perfect or Past Simple):

Example: The judges reached a decision after the (had discussed/ discussed) the case privately. — The judges reached a decision after they had discussed the case privately.

1. They (had finished/ finished) the examination when the chief expert asked for the results. 2. By the time the train reached the city, he (had received/ received) 5 calls informing him of robbery from the bank. 3. When we came into the room, the last meeting of the Supreme Court (had already finished/ already finished). 4. He (had accepted/ accepted) any possible penalty when the officer started to tell him of his rights. 5. We (had already passed/ passed) through the Red channel when the immigration officer asked us to return. 6. They (entered/ had entered) the UK and got permission to stay a stated length of time.

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