| Past Indefinite | Past Perfect | |
| ? | () . did | . had done |
| ? | yesterday last month in the XVth century many years ago | by the end of the last week by last Monday when we came/called/... before she left |
| We wentto the seaside last summer. I leftschool many years ago. Didyou seehim last week? | He had beenvery ill before he die I looked at the present after he had left The theatre had been built by the end of the last year. |
Self check.
Ex. 1. Put the verb into the correct form, the Past Perfect or the Past Simple.
Examples: Was Father at home when I phoned? - No, he had already left.
Was Father at home when I phoned? - Yes, but he left soon afterwards.
1. The flat was empty when he arrived. Everybody___________(go) to the party.
2. There were voices heard from the kitchen, so I_____________________(go) straight there.
3. He cannot take part in the competition. He _________________ (break) his leg yesterday.
4. There was an accident at the mountain top. Some skier (break) his leg and the ambulance men were carrying him to the road. So we_____________________ (stop) to let them pass.
Ex. 2. Use the Past Perfect Tense of the verbs given in brackets to complete the sentences.
Example: When John and I got to the river, the boat race (start already)__________
When John and I got to the river, the boat race had already started.
1. When she went to bed, she remembered that she (not /switch off the light) ______
2. She felt tired because she (walk a lot) that day __________________________________
3. She went for a holiday after she (pass the exams)_____________________________
4. I didn't know what to do when they (show /me /the picture)_________________
5. I didn't look at the present until after she (go) __________________________________
6. I was very sorry to hear that he (die)________________________________________
7. He didn't start speaking until the children (leave/the room)_____________________
8. When I met Helen, I understood why Bill (marry her) ________________________
9. He understood the book only after he (read it / again) ________________________
Ex. 3. (A, B) Unite the following pairs of sentences. Use the conjunctions
after, as soon as, before, until, till, when.
Example: a/ They went to England. They left school, (after)
They went to England after they had left school.
b/ The sun set. They finished their work, (before)
The sun had set before they finished their work.
1. The sun rose. He woke up. (before)
2. He died. He was very ill. (before)
3. I understood the problem. He explained, (as soon as)
4. She wrote the letter. She went to the post office, (after)
5. I drove to the airport. The plane took off. (when)
6. She read the message carefully. She wrote the reply, (before)
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7. He left the room. I turned on the radio, (as soon as)
8. He had dinner. He went to the cinema, (after)
9 The man didn't leave. He didn't receive a definite answer, (till)
10. We didn't say a word. He finished his story, (until)
11. We reached the football ground. The game started, (when)
12. John worked as a skilled builder. He began to study architecture, (before)
13. Harold couldn't leave for home. He completed everything, (till)
14. The snow was very deep. It snowed heavily! (after)
Ex. 4. (, ) Insert the Past Indefinite or the Past Perfect.
1. We hardly (leave) town, when it ____________ (begin) to rain. 2. The
moon,______________ (not / rise). There was nothing to dispel the dark of the night. 3. On
glancing at the address, he observed that it contained no name. The stranger_____________
__________________ (not/ go) far, so he followed him to ask it. 4. When at his house, they
________ (tell) me that he ____________ (leave) an hour ago. 5. No sooner he _____________
(take) a drink himself, than Mrs Fettle (look) in. 6. When I ____________ (come) to see my
friend, I _______________ (find) him lying in bed. He _________________ (look) very pale as he
____________ (be) seriously ill for a whole month. 7. He hardly __________________ (light) another cigarette, when the general ______________ (come) into the courtyard. 8. Gemma went
slowly down the stairs, Martini following in silence. She___________(grow) to look ten years
older in these few days, and her hair ____________ (become) gray. 9. Presently the sounds
of voices and footsteps approaching along the terrace roused her from the dreamy state into
which she _______________ (fall). 10. She was a woman of nearly fifty who._____________(be) obviously pretty once. 11. Moreover, to him, the doctor, the affair was the commonplace; it was just a hysterical woman who ________ (quarrel) with her friend and ____________(take) poison. 12. I____________ (leave) home at 8 o'clock, but I___________ (not/go) far when I______________ (remeber) that I____________ (forget) to lock my door. 13. When Alison ________ (disappear) the first strains of the orchestra came stealing out to me
from inside the hall. 14. Scarcely I ____________ (close) the door when a gust of wind
____________ (open) it again.
