Past Perfect

Образование			Употребление	Временные выражения
Утвердительная форма			1. Действие, совершившееся до определенного момента в прошлом. E.g. After the sun had set, we decided to return home. 2. Past Perfect употребляется в главном предложении при наличии наречий: hardly…when (едва, не успел как, как только) scarcely…when no sooner…when В последующем придаточном предложении употребляется Past Simple. He had hardly (scarcely) entered the house, when it started to rain. - Едва он вошел в дом, как начался дождь. No sooner had he arrived, than he fell ill. – Не успел он приехать, как заболел.	after, before, when + придаточное предложение времени
I You He She It We They	had	worked played gone
Отрицательная форма
I You He She It We They	hadn’t	worked played gone
Вопросительная форма
Had	I you he she it we they	worked played gone

Exercises

1. Дополните следующие предложения, используя глаголы, данные в скобках:

1. My best friend, Kevin, was no longer there. He ______________ (go) away.

2. The local cinema was no longer open. It ______________ (close) down.

3. Mr. Johnson was no longer alive. He ______________ (die).

4. I didn’t recognize Mrs. Johnson. She ______________ (change) a lot.

5. Bill no longer had his car. He ______________ (sell) it.

6. The woman was a complete stranger to me. I ______________ (never/ see) her before.

7. Tom wasn’t at home when I arrived. He ______________ (just/ go out).

8. We arrived at the cinema late. The film ______________ (already/ begin).

2. Раскройте скобки и поставьте глаголы в нужном времени - Past Simple или Past Perfect:

1. The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody ______________ (go) to bed.

2. I felt very tired when I got home, so I ______________ (go) straight to bed.

3. Sorry I’m late. The car ______________ (break) down on my way here.

4. There was a car by the side of the road. It ______________ (break) down and the driver was trying to repair it. So we ______________ (stop) to see if we could help.

5. I ______________ (be) sorry that I ______________ (not be) nicer to him.

6. Nobody ______________ (come) to the meeting because Angela ______________ (forget) to tell people about it.

7. I ______________ (see) her before somewhere – I ______________ (know).

8. Because he ______________ (not check) the oil for so long, the car ______________ (break) down.

9. She couldn’t find the book that I ______________ (lend) her.

10. They ______________ (never find) where he ______________ (hide) the money.

11. It was a firm I ______________ (never hear) of.

12. When she ______________ (come) in, we all knew where she ______________ (be).

13. The lesson ______________ (already start) when I ______________ (arrive).