Question

PAST PERFECT !!!
1) Complete the sentences with the past perfect from of the verbs in brackets.

a) I didn't watch the film because I ... (see) it.

b) She felt ill because she ... (eat) too much.

c) We couldn't drive to Liverpool because our car ... (break down).

d) He ... (not finish) his homework so he couldn't go out.

e) 'Why was he so hungry?' 'Because he ... (not have) lunch.'

f) I ... (buy) the tickets before I heard you were ill.

g) He couldn't go out because he ... (promise) to help his mum with the housework.

h) Last year I went to San Francisco. I ... (not visit) the USA before.

i) After I ... (write) the letter, I posted it.

j) When dad ... (do) the gardening, he watched TV.

2) Write one sentence, using the past simple and the past perfect. Start with 'When'.

przykład: Joe went out. I arrived home.

When I arrived home, Joe had gone out.

a)I went to bed. Paul phoned.

b) The shoplifter ran away. The police arrived.

c) Dad cooked dinner. Mum got home.

d) The vandals sprayed graffiti on the wall. The police caught them.

e) The film started. We arrived at the cinema.

f) If started to rain. We left the beach.

g) The train left. We got to the station.

Answer 1

1.
a) had seen
b) had eaten

c) had broken down
d) hadn't finished
e) hadn't had
f) had bought
g) had promised
h) hadn't visited
i) had written
j) had done

2.
a)When I went to bed, Paul had phoned.
b)When the police arrived, the shoplifter had run away.
c)When mom got home, Dad had cooked dinner.
d)When the vandals sprayed graffiti on the wall, the police had caught them.
e)When we arrived at the cinema, the film had started.
f)When it started to rain, we had left the beach.
g)When we got to the station, the train had left.