Exercise 3. Read the situation and make up the sentences from the words in brackets.

Example: You went to Jill’s house, but she wasn’t there.

(she / go / out) - She had gone out.

1. You went back to your home town after many years. It wasn’t the same as before.

(it / change / a lot) _______________________________________________________

2. I invited Rachel to the party but she couldn’t come.

(she / arrange / to do something else) _______________________________________________________________________

2. We went to the cinema last night. We arrived at the cinema late.

(the film / already / begin) _______________________________________________________________________

4. I was very pleased to see Tim again after such a long time.

(I / not / see / him for five years)

_______________________________________________________________________

5. I offered Sue something to eat but she wasn’t hungry.

(she / just / have / breakfast)

_______________________________________________________________________

Сравните употребление времен Past Simple и Past Perfect:

Характеристика действия
	Past Simple	Past Perfect
Как?	Описание событий в прошлом (указано когда они произошли). somebody did something	Действие закончилось к указанному моменту в прошлом; одно действие произошло раньше другого somebody had done something
Когда?	Yesterday Last month Many years ago In the XV century etc.	By the end of the last week By 6 o’clock yesterday By the time smth happened When she called Before they left
Примеры	We went to the seaside last summer. I left school many years ago. Did you see him last week?	I looked at the presents after he had left. They had built the theatre by the end of the last year. We had cleaned the kitchen by the time Mom came home.

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.