The Past Perfect Tense

Exercise 119

Make up sentences using the Past Perfect Tense

1. We (already to give) our projects to the teacher. 2. Sandra (to do) the shopping before the New Year Eve. 3. You (no to phone) me by the end of the week. 4. I (not to try) such a delicious cake before. 5. Your sister (to reserve) the hotel room beforehand? - Yes, she … . 6. Mr. Smith (to discuss) that problem with his lawyer? - No, he … . 7. Clara ( never to be) to Paris before. 8. You (to take) part in this festival before? – No, I … . 9. Mark (to finish) his work by 6 o’clock yesterday. 10. Nigel (to find) any information in the Internet by last Tuesday? – Yes, he … .

Exercise 120

Make the sentences negative and interrogative

1. Mary had booked the tickets before. 2. We had been to this exhibition. 3. You had received the invitation before Wednesday. 4. The bus had arrived before 5 o’clock. 5. Tom had heard this story before. 6. They had gone to the railway station before 6 o’clock. 7. My father had returned from his business trip by the weekend. 8. We had met Eric before the lesson. 9. The taxi had come by 7 o’clock. 10. They had used this key before.

Exercise 121

Make up sentences using the Past Perfect Tense

1. My parents / never to ski/ in the mountains before. 2. She / to ask / you to help? 3. How many tickets you / to sell / by seven o’clock yesterday? 4. The climbers / to find/ this cave two years before. 5. Adam / to arrive/ to the camp/ before the sunrise. 6. I / to receive / your e-mail by the end of the working day. 7. The hurricane / to stop/ by the end of the day? 8. Whom they / to speak to / before the conference. 9. His cousin / not to visit / this country before. 10. The children / to plant/ trees by twelve o’clock yesterday.

Exercise 122

Put the verbs in brackets into Past Indefinite or Past Perfect.

1. They (to reduce) the price for the cars by Christmas time. 2. She (to wake) up early in the morning when it (to be) still dark and (to turn on) the light. 3. Boris (to remember) that he (already to watch) this film. 4. Olga (never to skate) before her friends (to take) her to the skating-rink. 5. It (to stop) snowing before they (to leave) for the railway station. 6. The festival (to start) when all the participants (to arrive). 7. Brian (to understand) that he (to make) some mistakes in his test-paper. 8. Molly (to have) a shower after she (to finish) cleaning the flat. 9. He (to ask) the waiter to get a taxi after he (to pay) the bill. 10. I (to feel) exhauster after I (to paint) the walls of my living-room.

Exercise 123

Put the verbs in brackets into Past Indefinite, Past Continuous or Past Perfect

1. When the manager (to come up) to the boss, he (to speak) to somebody on the phone. 2. Jane (to pay) for the dress she (to choose) some minute before. 3. Jim (to red) the article and (to return) me the magazine. 4. It (still to rain) when we (to get) home yesterday. 5. Dave (to check) the mail before he (to turn off) his computer. 6. While the professor (to give) a lecture he (to realize) that his wife (not to remind) him about one important appointment. 7. While Mrs. Simpson (to cook) dinner she (to understand) that she (not to buy) potatoes. 8. When Laura (to come) to the hospital, all the doctors (to discuss) the medicine for the cancer which the scientists (to invent) some days before. 9. Sam (to get) to the airport after the plane (to fly up). 10. When little Betty (to play) with her toys yesterday evening she (to find) the key her mother (to lose) a week before.

Exercise 124

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1. Ми повернулися додому вчора до сьомої вечора. 2. Вона склала всі іспити до минулого вівторка. 3. Вона не закінчила роботу вчора до сьомої. 4. Ваша сестра не розповіла нам новин до кінця перерви вчора. 5. Ви вчора купили квіти до вечірки? – Так. 6. Вони вчора зіграли у теніс до обіду? – Ні. 7. Туристи прибули вчора до обіду. 8. Ми не отримали вашого повідомлення вчора до п’ятої. 9. До кінця минулого тижня вона ще не переїхала до нового будинку. 10. Ви підготували доповідь до минулої середи? – Так.

Exercise 125

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1. Учора до шостої хлопці зіграли дві партії в шахи. 2. Вона не переглянула всі документи до кінця робочого дня вчора. 3. Скільки повідомлень ви отримали до минулого понеділка? – Я отримала сім повідомлень. 4. Перед тим як вона вийшла з дому, вона написала записку братові. 5. Коли ми приїхали до дідуся та бабусі, вони збирали яблука в саду. 6. Після того, як закінчилися уроки, вони пішли до парку. 7. Коли Микола йшов додому, він пригадав, що не купив молока для кота. 8. Коли ми слухали його розповідь, я пригадав, що вже чув щось подібне. 9. Олена побачила свою подругу після того, як автобус зупинився. 10. Том сказав, що він уже відремонтував свою машину.