Exercises: 1.Puneti verbele din paranteza la Past Perfect Simple sau Continuous sau la Past Tense Simple: 1. 2. !. $. '.

The professor (speak) for 10 minutes when I (enter) the hall. After John (listen to) the news bulletin, he (go) downstairs to ha e dinner. "e (tell) me he (be) to the theatre the da# before. %e (ask) him what &ountries he ( isit). "e (learn) (nglish for two #ears before he (go) to (ngland for the first time. ). *he +ust (go) out when I (&all at) her house. ,. The ri er be&ame deeper after it (rain) hea il# for a few hours. -. After John (lea e), she (tell) me the# (be) friends for fi e #ears. .. After we (walked) for an hour, we (reali/e) we (lose) our wa#. 10. %hen I (find out) he (get married), I (ring up) him and (&ongratulate) him. 2.Corectati propozitiile: 1.I had hardl# begun to apologi/e when the door &losed . 2. I ha e barel# heard su&h a talented singer that I started to &r#. !. The &ouple had no sooner arri ed than the priest started the &eremon#. $ 0# father sit down to dinner no sooner when there was a kno&k at the door. 3.Write t e past participle !3rd form" of t e follo#in$ irre$ular verbs. 1. speak 1 2. &at&h 1 !. eat 1 $. understand 1 '. begin 1

6. think 7. sleep 8. throw 9. wear 10. swim %.Complete t e sentences in Past Perfect Simple !positive". 1. I lost the ke# that he (gi e) 2. *he told me that she (see) !. I went downstairs be&ause I (hear) to me. a ghost. a noise.

$. %hen the# &ame home, *ue (&ook)

dinner alread#. our address book.

'. %e &ould not send #ou a post&ard be&ause we (forget)

6. They spent their honeymoon in Paris where they (meet) 7. hen !li"e (do) 8. &e showed %s the pla"e where he (h%rt) 9. ' looked at the photos that he (send) . his le#.

two years before.

the shoppin#$ she pi"ked her "hildren %p from s"hool.

10. (esterday ' read an interestin# arti"le whi"h my tea"her (re"ommend)

&.Complete t e sentences in Past Perfect Simple !ne$ative". 1. The waiter ser ed something that we (not 2 order) 2. "e went to Alaska where he (not 2 be) !. *he put on the red dress, whi&h she (not 2 wear) $. "e (not 2 pla#) tennis before that da#. her with the shopping. before. for ages. .

to me.

'. "is mother was angr# be&ause he (not 2 help)

6. ' (not ) to%"h) 8.

a snake before that day. s*%ash before. breakfast yet. the red traffi" li#ht. to the party the day before.

7. !ndy won the mat"h altho%#h he (not ) play) hen ' left the ho%se$ ' (not ) ha+e) 9. ,im "rashed into another "ar be"a%se he (not ) realise) 10. ' worked on -at%rday$ so ' (not ) #o)
'.Complete t e (uestions in Past Perfect Simple. 1. (#ou 2 finish) 2. (wh# 2 #ou 2 &lean) !. (#ou 2 ha e) $. (she 2 find) '. (where 2 she 2 li e)

#our homework before #ou went to the &inema3 the bathroom before #ou bathed the dog3 breakfast before #ou &ame here3 a pla&e to sta# when she went to 4oston3 before she mo ed to 5hi&ago3

6. (what ) yo% ) say) 7. (he ) speak) 8. (yo% ) swit"h) 9. (yo% ) take) 10. (who ) li+e)

before yo% opened the window. to yo% before he "alled %s. off the "ooker before we left. the la%ndry in when it started to rain. in that ho%se before the -miths bo%#ht it. /

,. 5omplete the blanks with # en or t an6

1.*&ar&el# had I sat down 7777 the telephone rang. 2."ardl# had I finished reading o er the problem, 777777777 the answer leapt to m# mind. !.8o sooner had I opened m# e#es, 777777777 I remembered where I was. $.4arel# had I heard the news, 777777777 m# friend arri ed. '. 8o sooner had I opened the window, 777777777 a butterfl# flew into the room.
-. 9%t the +erbs into the "orre"t form (past perfe"t "ontin%o%s).

1. 0.

e (sleep) e (look for)

for 1/ ho%rs when he woke %s %p. at the station for 90 min%tes when the train finally arri+ed. her rin# for two ho%rs and then we fo%nd it in the bathroom. for a lon# time$ when it s%ddenly be#an to rain. 3n#lish before she went to 4ondon. in the rain too lon#. on the farm all day. less than an ho%r when he ran o%t of petrol. all day6 so ' wasn7t tired and went to the dis"o at ni#ht. all day so their le#s were sore in the e+enin#.

/. They (wait) 1. ' (not ) walk) 2. &ow lon# (learn ) she) 7. &e (dri+e) 9. ' (not ) work) 10. They ("y"le)

6. 5rank -inatra "a%#ht the fl% be"a%se he (sin#) 8. They were +ery tired in the e+enin# be"a%se they (help)

.. P%t the +erbs into the "orre"t form (past perfe"t simple).

1. The storm destroyed the sand"astle that we (b%ild) /. &e (not ) be) 0. hen she went o%t to play$ she (do ) already)

had built

to 8ape Town before 1997. her homework. . si: weeks before. . the week before. from the tree.

1. 9y brother ate all of the "ake that o%r m%m (make) 2. The do"tor took off the plaster that he (p%t on) 6. The waiter bro%#ht a drink that ' (not ) order) 7. ' "o%ld not remember the poem we (learn) 8. The "hildren "olle"ted the "hestn%ts that (fall) 9. (he ) phone) 10. -he (not ) ride) a horse before that day.

!n#ie before he went to see her in 4ondon.