Exercise 8. Read the situation and make sentences using before.

Example: The man sitting next to me on the plane was very nervous. It was his first flight.

(fly) He had never flown before (or)

_He hadn’t flown before.

1. A woman walked into the room. She was a complete stranger to me.

(see) I ___________________________________________________ before.

2. Simon played tennis yesterday. He wasn’t very good at it because it was his first game.

(play) He _________________________________________________ before.

3. Last year we went to Denmark. It was our first time there.

(be) We __________________________________________________ before.

4. The children were very excited. It was the first time when they saw a tiger.

(see) They ________________________________________________ before.

5. Arthur crashed his new car last week. It was the first time he was driving.

(drive) He _________________________________________________ before.

Exercise 9. Make one sentence from the two suggested, using when, after, until, before.

Use Past Perfect to show what happened first.

Example: They came. She finished her work.

They came after she had finished her work.

or She had finished her work before they came.

or They didn’t come until she had finished her work.

or When she had finished her work, they came.

1. The kids came back from school. Mom cooked dinner.

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2. They went for a walk. It stopped raining.

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3. I waited. She cleaned the room.

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4. Nick left for work. Pat was ready.

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5. His wife came home. He went to bed.

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6. We phoned them. They went to the gym.

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7. It grew dark. The kids went home.

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8. Sam paid the bill. We left the restaurant.

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