Past Perfect Tense & Past Perfect Continuous
A) Supply a suitable SIMPLE PAST or PAST PERFECT TENSE:
1. They ……………………………. (go) home after they ………………………….. (finish) their work.
2. She ………………………………….. (just / go) out when I called her.
3. My brother ………………………………. (eat) all the pie before we got back.
4. He wondered why I …………………………………………. (not / visit) him before.
5. She said that she ……………………………………………. (already / see) the Pyramids.
6. The fire ………………………………………….. (spread) to the next building before the
firemen ………………………………………….. (arrive).
7. They drank small cups of coffee, after they ………………………………………. (finish) dinner.
8. He told me he ……………………………………………….. (catch) a young lion.
9. His mother …………………………………………. (worry) a lot about him before she
……………………………………… (hear) that he was asfe.
10. He ……………………………………………….. (already / learn) English before he
…………………………………………. (leave) for England, but before he arrived in England, he
……………………………………… (forget) some.
11. Mary ………………………………………….. (go) swimming after she ………………… (come) home.
After she ………………………………… (swim), she ……………………. (call) her friend Judy.
12. I ……………………………………… (go) to the theatre with my friends yesterday. I
……………………………… (not / go) to the theatre for a year. We …………………….. (have) a very
good time.
13. After they ……………… (finish) their breakfast, they ……………………(leave) for school.
14. Linda ……………………………………. (play) tennis after she ………………(do) her homework.
15. My father ……………………………. (water) the flowers after he ……………………….(clean) the car.
16.After he ………………………………….. (water) the flowers, he…………….. (have) dinner.
B) Combine the following sentences by using AFTER / BEFORE:
1. My mother took her umbrella. She went out.
……………………………………………………………………………………….
2. Frank called me. I went to school.
……………………………………………………………………………………….
3. I washed the dishes. I watched TV.
………………………………………………………………………………………
4. She washed her hands. She had lunch.
………………………………………………………………………………………
5. The boys bought a ball. They played football.
………………………………………………………………………………………
6. My mother made a cake. The guests came.
………………………………………………………………………………………
7. He put sugar in his tea. He drank it.
………………………………………………………………………………………
8. I got up. I had breakfast.
………………………………………………………………………………………
9. The children ran away. They broke the window.
……………………………………………………………………………………..
10. I fastened my seat belt. The plane took off.
……………………………………………………………………………………..
1. Everyone (to read) quietly when suddenly the door burst open and a
complete stranger rushed in.
3) was reading
2. He didn't say a word while we (to eat).
4) were eating
3. She was taught not to interrupt when older people (to talk).
4) were talking
4. He sat thinking of his wife whom he (to leave) alone in Europe.
3) had left
5. Her name was Logan. She (to be) a widow for 15 years and had no
children.
1) had been
6. He glanced my way to see if I (to listen).
1) was listening
4) had been listening
7. He (to swim) in the river when he was a child.
2) used to swim
8. We (to drive) for about ten hours before we stopped for a break.
1) had been driving
9. He (to work) as journalist for several years before he began writing
novels.
4) had been working
10. I (to learn) to drive for 5 years before I could pass my driving test.
2) had learnt
Объяснение:
2. There are a lot of museums and theatres in our city.
3. Is there a telephone in this room?
4. There are two windows in this room.
5. There was no tea in the cup.
6. How many articles were there in this magazine? - There were several articles there.
7. How many students are there in the classroom? - There are twenty.
8. There will be a park close to our house.
9. Was there a school on this street?
10. There are several books on the table.
11. There is a school near our house. The school is situated close to our house.
12. There are a number of theatres in the city. Theatres are situated in the city centre.
13. There were flowers in the vase. The flowers were in the vase.
14. There are a lot of children in the theatre. The children are in the theatre now.
15. There are a number of ways to solve this problem. The ways of this problem solving are on page 5.