Exercise VI. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the Past Simple or the Past Perfect.
1. They (to complete) all the preparations for the ball by 6 o’clock.
2. On leaving the hospital the man (to thank) the doctor who (to cure) him of his disease.
3. In the morning all the passengers (to feel) good after the night they (to spend) in the comfortable sleeper.
4. During my last visit to the picture gallery I (to find) that I no longer (to like) the pictures which (to impress) me when I first (to see) them.
5. Last night he (to complete) the experiment which he (to begin) some months before.
6. No sooner she (to open) the drawer than she (to find) the photo which she (to think) she (to lose) long before.
7. They (to be) friends for some ten years before I (to meet) them.
8. I (to refuse) to give a definite answer before I (to receive) a letter from him.
9. Hardly he (to touch) the pillow when he (to fall) asleep.
10. Everybody (to be) already at the bus station, but the guide (not to come) yet.
1. They had completed all the preparations for the ball by 6 o’clock.
2. On leaving the hospital the man thanked the doctor who had cured him of his disease.
3. In the morning all the passengers felt good after the night they had spent in the comfortable sleeper.
4. During my last visit to the picture gallery I found that I no longer liked the pictures which had impressed me when I first had seen them.
5. Last night he completed the experiment which he had begun some months before.
6. No sooner had she opened the drawer than she found the photo which she thought she had lost long before.
7. They had been friends for some ten years before I met them.
8. I had refused to give a definite answer before I received a letter from him.
9. Hardly had he touched the pillow when he fell asleep.
10. Everybody was already at the bus station, but the guide had not come yet.