The Past Perfect Tense

Exercise 208. Make the following sentences interrogative.

1. We had reached the village before the sun set. 2. They had arrived at the station by four o'clock. 3. The teacher had given the students their homework be­fore the bell rang. 4. Ivan had studied English before he entered the institute. 5 The girls had cleaned the room by the time their mother came back. 6. Olga had fin­ished reading the book by last Saturday. 7. Volodymyr had done his lessons by nine o’clock. 8. Nina had learned the rules by the time you called her up.

Exercise 209. Use the right form of the verb.

1. The lecture (to begin) by the time I (to enter) the room.

2. Paul said that he (to meet) her aunt at the department store.

3. Mother (to cook) supper by the time they (to come) home.

4. Yesterday we (to discuss) the film which we (to see) some days before.

5. The people (to go) home after they (to finish) their work.

6. Jack (to show) us the bicycle his father (to buy) for him.

7. She (to tell) us many interesting things she (to see) in Oxford.

8. The children (to fall) asleep by ten o'clock.

9. When my sister (to go) to the theatre, I (to begin) to write a composition.

10. The guests already (to gather) by the time he (to come).

Exercise 210. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense: Past Perfect or Simple Past.

Example: Pat _____ (to live) in London before he _____ (to move) to Rome. Pat had lived in London before he moved to Rome.

1) After Fred _______ (to spend) his holiday in Italy he ________ (to want) to learn Italian.

2) Jill _________ (to phone) Dad at work before she _________ (to leave) for her trip.

3) Susan _________ (to turn on) the radio after she_________ (to wash) the dishes.

4) When she _________ (to arrive), the match _________ already _________ (to start).

5) After the man _________ (to come) home he _________ (to feed) the cat.

6) Before he _________ (to sing) a song he _________ (to play) the guitar.

7) She _________ (to watch) a video after the children _________ (to go) to bed.

8) After Eric _________ (to make) breakfast he _________ (to phone) his friend.

9) I _________ (to be) very tired because I _________ (to study) too much.

10) They _________ (to ride) their bikes before they _________ (to meet) their friends.

Exercise 211. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense: Past Perfect or Simple Past.

1) When I arrived at the cinema, the film _________ (start).

2) She _________ (live) in China before she went to Thailand.

3) After they _________ (eat) the shellfish, they began to feel sick.

4) If you _________ (listen) to me, you would have got the job.

5) Julie didn’t arrive until after I _________ (leave).

6) When we _________ (finish) dinner, we went out.

7) The garden was dead because it _________ (be) dry all summer.

8) He _________ (meet) her somewhere before.

9) We were late for the plane because we _________ (forget) our passports.

10) She told me she _________ (study) a lot before the exam.

11) The grass was yellow because it _________ (not/rain) all summer.

12) The lights went off because we _________ (not/pay) the electricity bill.

13) The children _________ (not/do) their homework, so they were in trouble.

14) They _________ (not/eat) so we went to a restaurant.

15) We couldn’t go into the concert because we _________ (not/bring) our tickets.

16) She said that she _________ (not/visit) the UK before.

17) Julie and Anne _________ (not/meet) before the party.

18) I _________ (not/have) breakfast when he arrived. .

19) He _________ (not/use) email before, so I showed him how to use it.

20) You _________ (not/study) for the test, so you were very nervous.

Exercise 212. Use the Present Perfect or Past Perfect.

1. A: Oh, no! We're too late. The train (leave, already) ... B: That's okay. We'll catch the next train to London. 2. Last Thursday, we went to the station to catch a train to Bristol, but we were too late. The train (leave, already) ... 3. A: Go back to sleep. It's only five o'clock in the morning. B: I am not sleepy. I (sleep, already) ... for three hours. I'm going to get up. 4. I woke up at five, but I couldn't get back to sleep. I wasn't sleepy. I (sleep, already) ... for three hours. 5. A: I'll introduce you to Mr. Brown at the meeting tonight. B: You don't need to. I (already, meet) ... him. 6. Alex offered to introduce me to Mr. Brown, but is wasn't necessary. I (meet, already) ... him. 7. A: Do you want to go to the movie tonight? B: What are you going to see? A: “The Silence of the Lambs”. B: I (see, already) ... it. Thanks anyway. 8. I didn't go to the movie with Eva last Saturday night. I (see, already) ... that film. 9. A: Amanda? Amanda! Is that you? How are you? I haven't seen you for ages! B: Excuse me? Are you talking to me? A: Oh. You're not Amanda? I'm sorry. It is clear that I (make) ... a mistake. Please excuse me. 10. Yesterday I approached a stranger who looked like Amanda and started talking to her. But she wasn't Amanda. It was clear that I (make) ... a mistake. I was really embarrassed.

Exercise 213. Use the Past Continuous or Past Perfect.

1. Adel didn't need to study the multiplication tables in the seventh grade. She (to learn) ... them. 2. I enjoyed visiting Adel's class. It was an arithmetic class. The students (to do) ... their multiplication tables. 3. While I (to walk) ... up the mountains, I got tired. But I didn't stop until I reached the top. 4. I was very tired when I got to the top of the mountain. I (to walk) ... a long distance. 5. I knocked. No one answered. I turned the handle and pulled sharply the door, but it didn't open. Someone (to lock) ... it. 6. ''Where were you when the earthquake occurred?". "In my office. I (to talk) ... to my assis­tant. We were working on the report". 7. Roy's house was destroyed in the earthquake". "I know! It’s lucky that he and his family (to leave) ... for his parents' home before the earthquake struck" . 8. We drove three hundred miles to see the circus in Atlanta. When we got there, we couldn't find the circus. It had left the city. We (to drive) ... all the way to Atlanta for nothing.