Lesson 5

The Use of the Past Perfect Tense. Articles.

I. State the type of the Past Perfect Tense:

1. By the time he had already changed his mind. 2. By the time we got there they had sold all the books. 3. When we came the typist had already typed the papers. 4. After we had washed our hands we went upstairs. 5. I had known him for three years by the time we moved to Liverpool. 6. By the time I left the office the storm had already stopped. 7. When I met Him he had already lived in Paris for ten years. 8. I had been at home for about three hours when you rang me up. 9. She said she had been very busy since we last met.

II. Combine the following pairs of sentences so that one sentence is in the Past Perfect Tense. Add any words you need:

1. Pedro studied French. He went to Paris. 2. We went to the cinema. The picture began. 3. Hob ate all the cakes. Olaf came to the house. 4. Margaret finished her homework. Mother turned on the radio. 5. I got home. The rain began. 6. John bought a new exercise-book. He filled his old one. 7. The children came to the party at four o'clock. Ann and Helen decorated the room. 8. I bought some flowers. I gave them to Mrs. Priestly. 9. We finished dinner, Susan took the dishes to the kitchen. 10. I told her my name. She gave me the letter. 11. I recognized her. My brother described her to me very well. 12. The militia-man stopped the man. He crossed the street in the wrong place. 13. Nobody knew when he came. He entered the house through the back door. 14. I thought he knew English well. He lived in England for some years.

III. Complete the following sentences using the Past Perfect Tense:

A: 1. He told her that he (buy a TV set the year before). 2. The man at the station said that the train (leave already). 3. Mary told me that she (not get a letter from her son yet). 4. He understood that he (get off at the wrong station). 5. He said that her parents (always live in the country). 6. I didn't know that she (change her address). 7. He didn't remember how it all (happen). 8. We were sure that she (tell the truth). 9. I saw that the child (catch a cold). 10. She hoped that I (pay for the ticket already). 11. When he woke up next morning and looked out the window he understood that it (rain heavily during the night).

B: 1. When we came back, the telegram (arrive already). 2. When I got to the station the train (already leave). 3. The rain (stop) when we started. 4. When I finished school my elder sister (be a teacher for 2 years). 5. We (make all the arrangements already) when we learned that he wouldn't come.

C: 1. As soon as they (take a decision) they could discuss less important questions. 2. After we (make a fire) it became warm. 3. When I (throw out all the old newspapers and magazines) I could arrange my new books nicely on the shelf. 4. After he (pay the money for the plane tickets) he had very little left in his pockets. 6. I met her soon after I (learn the news). 7. When he (finish his work) he went to bed.

IV. Practise the following according to the model:

Model: Mari told us a story she had never told us before.

1. When I was at the Tretyakov Picture Gallery last, I saw some pictures there I …. 2. At their dinner party we met some people we …. 3. I went for a walk and decided to take the road I …. 4. He taught me Judo, in a way nobody …. 5. He showed us the pictures he …. 6. She spoke of something she …. 7. The lecture was very interesting, we heard something we …. 8. The dinner was unusual. I ate something I ….