Exercise 4. Choose the right tense form: Past Perfect or Past Simple.

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

1. “Was Tom there when you arrived?” “Yes, but he ____________ (go) home soon

afterwards”.

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.

6. Ann wasn’t at home when I phoned. She _____________ (be) in London.

7. Ann had just got home when I phoned. She _____________ (be) in London.

8. We arrived at work in the morning and _____________ (find) that somebody ____________

(break) into the office during the night.

Exercise 5. Use Past Perfect оr Past Simple.

1. Kate ___________ (give) me the magazine which she ___________ (buy) the day before.

2. Mother _____________ (see) that Nick _____________ (not feed) the cat.

3. Tom _______________ (come back) from the cinema by 10 o’clock in the evening.

4. Yesterday I ____________ (find) the book which I ____________ (lose) in summer.

5. When we _________ (arrive) to the airport, the plane already ___________ (take off).

6. Lanny ____________ (say) that he ____________ (get) his education in Cape Town.

7. Suddenly I _____________ (remember) that I _____________ (not phone) Mr. Jones in the

morning.

8. We ____________ (think) that Sarah and Paul ____________ (quarrel).

9. During the holiday my Dad ___________ (visit) the village where he ___________ (live) in

his childhood.

10. By two o’clock the teacher _____________ (examine) all the students.

11. My friend ___________ (be) happy to hear that I ___________ (pass) my driving test.

12. They never _____________ (find) where he _____________ (hide) the money.

13. I _____________ (be) sorry that I ______________ (not be) nicer to him.

14. It was a firm that I never _____________ (hear) of.

15. He _____________ (be) nervous because he ______________ (not fly) before.

16. When we _____________ (get) home last night, we _____________ (find) that somebody

______________ (break) into our flat.

17. Steve ___________ (not want) to go to the night club with us because he _____________

(have) a hard day.

18. We _____________ (not be) hungry. We just _____________ (have) lunch.

19. The house _________ (be) very dirty. They _____________ (not clean) it for weeks.

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