Question

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PAST PREFECT SIMPLE lub PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS.

1.Put the verbs in brackets into the past perfect or the past simple, then say which action happened first.
a) I .....(just/wake up) when someone ....(knock) on the front door.
b) I ....(have) my bus pass in my pocket but I didn't realise it .......(expire)
c)By the time she .....(reach) the harbour, the ferry .........(leave).
d) Maria ......(never/see) the ocean before she ......(leave) her village.
e) She ......(enjoy) her visit to Rome although she ......(already/go) there once before.
f) He ......(apologise) because he ......(miss) the meeting.
g) Lorna ......(look) a few kilos.
h) After they ......(finish) their picnic, they ......(take) their rubbish home with them.
i) When she ......(hang up) the phone she ......(realise), she ......(forget) to take down the caller's name and number.
j) Although I ......(set) my alarm clock, I still ......(oversleep).
k) He ......(already/pack) his suitcase before he ......(go) to bed.

2. Put the verbs in brackets into the past perfect or the past perfect continuous.
a)They ......(drive) for two hours before they finally reached their destination.
b)Emily ......(write) five letters by lunchtime
c)The doctor told John to stay in bed until he......(fully/recover).
d)He ......(iron) all morning when his wife arrived
e)Peter ......(already/learn) to read and write before he started school.
f) The baby ......( cry) for half an hour before it finally fell asleep.
g)The children ......(wait) for an hour when the school bus arrived.
h)The burglar ......(get away) by the time the police arrived.
i)She ......(dig) in the garden for three hours when she stopped for a break.
j)By the time he was eighteen he ......(become) a professional athlete.
k)How long ......(they/dance) in competitions when they retired ?

Answer 1

A) had just woken up, knocked
b) had, had expired
c) reached, had left
d) had never seen, left
e) enjoyed, had already been
f) apologized, had missed
g) niedokonczone zdanie
h) had finished, took,
i) had hanged up, realised, had forgotten
j) had set, overslept
k) had already packed, went

wczesniej wydarzyla sie ta czesc gdzie jest past perfect.

2.
a) had been driving
b) had written
c) had fully recovered
d) had been ironing
e) had already learned
f) had been crying
g) had been waiting
h) had gotten away
i) had been digging
j) had become
k) had they been dancing