Question

The past perfect (had + a past participle) describes na evento r condition completed before another event in the past. 1- Complete the sentences using the past perfect tense. e.g.: When they came home, Gina had already cooked (to cook/already) dinner. a) They lost the book Mr. McBride ______________ (to give) them the day before. b) The waitress brought a dish we ______________ (to not order) c) ________________________ (to finish) her hork when she left? d) When Trevor went to Paris, he _________________ (to never fly) on a plane before. e) Jeff was late to work because he _____________________ (to run) out of gas. f) Clay had to copy Erin’s homework because he _______________ (to not complete) his at home. g) It was freezing in the office because Ben _______________________ (to leave) the windows open. 2- Determine the correct order of events and rewrite the sentences. e.g.: I drove my mother to the airport The air plane took off. I drove my mother to the airport, but the airplane had already taken off. a) She got home. The robber stole everything in the house. _____________________________________________________________. b) Tommy missed the bus. He didn’t make it to the meeting. _____________________________________________________________.
c) Justin asked Annie for a kiss. She kissed Wyatt the week before. _____________________________________________________________. d) I got to the office. I realized I left my cell phone at home. _____________________________________________________________. e) Mandy moved to New Zealand. She never saw snow before. _____________________________________________________________. 3- Complete the sentence using the words in parentheses. e.g.: Sam was thirsty because she had run 10 miles on the treadmill. (run / 10 miles / treadmill) a) Brendan didn’t go to the theater because ____________________________________ (already / see / the play). b) She didn’t say “hi” because ________________________________________________ (not meet / he / before). c) Before he moved to Japan _________________________________________________ (study Japanese / five years). d) When I got home ________________________________________________________ (Cynthia / already / leave)

Answer 1

3. a) HE HAD ALREADY SEEN THE PLAY

b) SHE HAD MET HIM BEFORE

c) HE STUDIED JAPANESE FOR FIVE YEARS

d) CYNTHIA HAD ALREADY LEFT