2write the verbs in brackets in the past perfect simple or past perfect continuous. 1i couldn’t open the suitcase because i __ (lose) the key. 2she had a good tan because she __ (sit) in the sun all morning. 3paula couldn’t use her debit card because she __ (forget) her pin number. 4we __ (wait) for over an hour before the repair truck arrived. 5when the policeman asked for my id card, i said i __ (leave) it in my hotel. 6their boots were dirty because they (play) football all morning. 7i couldn’t stop the car because the brakes __ (fail). 8the garden was all white because it __ (snow) heavily all night. 9she started to cry when i told her her dog __ (die). 10i got to work late because i__ (wake up) late that morning. 4 put the verbs in brackets into the past simple, the past continuous, the past perfect or the past perfect continuous. i (0) (find) this story while i (1) (read) spotlight the other day: ‘in 1986, a canadian man (2) (rise) from the sofa where he (3) (fall) asleep, (4) (drive) 14 miles, (5) (kill) his mother-in-law and seriously (6) (injure) his father-in-law. he was charged with murder but acquitted when a court (7) (accept) his lawyer’s argument – and his physician’s evidence – that he (8) (sleepwalk).’

2) 1      I couldn’t open the suitcase because I had lost the key.

2          She had a good tan because she had been sitting in the sun all morning.

3          Paula couldn’t use her debit card because she had forgotten her PIN number.

4          We had been waiting for over an hour before the repair truck arrived.

5          When the policeman asked for my ID card, I said I had left it in my hotel.

6          Their boots were dirty because they had been playing football all morning.

7          I couldn’t stop the car because the brakes had failed.

8          The garden was all white because it had been snowing heavily all night.

9          She started to cry when I told her her dog had died.

10        I got to work late because I had woken up late that morning.

4) I found this story while I was reading Spotlight the other day: ‘In 1986, a Canadian man rose from the sofa where he had fallen asleep, drove 14 miles, killed his mother-in-law and seriously injured his father-in-law. He was charged with murder but acquitted when a court had accepted his lawyer’s argument – and his physician’s evidence – that he had been sleepwalking.’

1 I couldn’t open the suitcase because I had lost the key.

2 She had a good tan because she had been sitting in the sun all morning.

3 Paula couldn’t use her debit card because she had forgotten her PIN number.

4 We had been waiting for over an hour before the repair truck arrived.

5 When the policeman asked for my ID card, I said I had left it in my hotel.

6 Their boots were dirty because they had been playing football all morning.

7 I couldn’t stop the car because the brakes had failed.

8 The garden was all white because it had been snowing heavily all night.

9 She started to cry when I told her her dog had died.

10 I got to work late because I had woken up late that morning.

I found this story while I was reading Spotlight the other day: ‘In 1986, a Canadian man rose from the sofa where he had fallen asleep, drove 14 miles, killed his mother-in-law and seriously injured his father-in-law. He was charged with murder but acquitted when a court accepted his lawyer’s argument – and his physician’s evidence – that he had been sleepwalking.’