Question

1. Complete the sentences. Use the past perfect and past simple in each sentence.


1.Alice ... (tell) me that she... (not study) at university.
2. When her neighbours... (get) a TV, she...(go) round to watch it. She... (not seen ) one before.
3. They... ( not invent) computers when Alice...(be) young
4. By the time he...(be) eighteen, he ...(leave) school and...(find) a job.
5. The band...(not start) playing when we ...(arrive)
6. In the 1950, people...(want) to enjoy themselves because they...(have) a hard time during the war.

Answer 1

1. Alice told me that she hadn't studied at university.

2. When her neighbours got a TV, she went round to watch it. She hadn't seen one before.

3. They hadn't invented computers when Alice was young.

4. By the time he was eighteen, he had left school and had found a job.

5. The band hadn't started playing when we arrived.

6. In the 1950, people wanted to enjoy themselves because they had had a hard time during the war.

Czasu Past Perfect używamy do opisywania czynności, które wydarzyły się wcześniej od pozostałych czynności w wypowiedzi. Czasu Past Simple używamy opisując czynności które wydarzyły się później.

Gimnazjum, gramatyka, Past Simple, Past Perfect.