Complete the text with the past simple or past perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
I(1) hadn't left my small Scottish village before I (2)... (arrive) in Germany last week.
I(3)... (read) a lot of travel books
and my grandmother (4)...
(tell) us a lot of things about the country before she
died, but the place isn't exactly as I had imagined it. It's better! I (5) (not realize) that it was so green and I (6) (not expect) the people to be
so friendly. Everyone helps me when I try to speak German and they all want to practise
speaking English with me too.
|(7)... (not like) languages when
I was at school but since I (8)(come) here I want to learn more. Travelling is great fun!
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Я (1) не покидал свою маленькую шотландскую деревню до того, как (2) ... (приехал) в Германию на неделе.
Я (3) ... (читаю) много книг о путешествиях
и бабушка (4) ...
(расскажи) нам много чего о стране, прежде чем она
умер, но это место не совсем то, что я себе представлял. Лучше! Я (5) (не осознаю), что он был таким зеленым, и я (6) (не ожидал), что люди будут
так дружелюбно. Все мне, когда я пытаюсь говорить по-немецки, и все хотят практиковаться.
говорить со мной по-английски тоже.
| (7) ... (не нравится) языки, когда
Я был в школе, но с тех пор как я (8) (приезжаю) сюда, я хочу узнать больше. Путешествовать - это очень весело!
Объяснение:
I (1) hadn't left my small Scottish village before I (2) arrived in Germany last week.
I (3) had read a lot of travel books and my grandmother (4) had told us a lot of things about the country before she died, but the place isn't exactly as I had imagined it. It's better! I (5) didn't realize that it was so green and I (6) didn't expect the people to be so friendly. Everyone helps me when I try to speak German and they all want to practice speaking English with me too.
I (7) didn't like languages when I was at school but since I (8) came here I want to learn more. Traveling is great fun!
Explanation:
In this text, we are talking about events that happened in the past. The past simple is used to talk about actions that happened at a specific time in the past, while the past perfect is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. Now let's analyze each sentence in detail:
1. "I hadn't left my small Scottish village before I arrived in Germany last week."
- The past perfect form "hadn't left" is used because the action of leaving the village (not leaving) happened before the action of arriving in Germany.
2. "I had read a lot of travel books."
- The past perfect form "had read" is used because the action of reading the travel books happened before the current moment in the past (before arriving in Germany).
3. "My grandmother had told us a lot of things about the country before she died."
- The past perfect form "had told" is used because the action of telling happened before the action of dying.
4. "It's better! I didn't realize that it was so green and I didn't expect the people to be so friendly."
- In this sentence, the past simple form "didn't realize" is used because the action of realizing and not realizing happened at the same time as the main verb "didn't expect."
5. "Everyone helps me when I try to speak German and they all want to practice speaking English with me too."
- In this sentence, the past simple form "helps" is used because the action of helping happens repeatedly or regularly.
6. "I didn't like languages when I was at school but since I came here I want to learn more."
- The past simple form "didn't like" is used to talk about an attitude or feeling in the past (not liking languages), and the past simple form "came" is used to talk about the specific action of coming to Germany.
Overall, the past perfect is used to indicate the order of events in the past, while the past simple is used to describe actions or states in the past.