С.яз совершенное время(the past perfect tense) exercise 1. complete the sentences putting the verbs in brackets in the past perfect tense. example: when we arrived at the station. our train had already left (already / leave) 1. when he arrived at the theatre, the play ( already / leave) 2. the patient __ (die) by the time the doctor arrived. 3. as soon as they __ (go), i went straight to bed. 4. i suddenly remembered that i __ (forget) my keys. 5. when i came to the post office, it (already / close) 6. when polly went back to the shop, they __ (already / sell)the book she wanted. 7. i spoke to the woman because i __ (meet) her somewhere before. exercise 2. make these sentences into general questions. give short an-swers. 1. the sun hadn’t risen before they started a journey. 2. before julia went home, she had finished her work. 3. she hadn’t done all the shopping when she suddenly felt sick. 4. he had spoken to the boss before he decided to leave. 5. before we had supper, the children had gone to bed. 6. he had stayed in his father’s farm till his father died. 7. philip hadn’t seen the girl before. exercise 3. rewrite the following sentences as positive, negative or a general question, according to the instructions. 1. my sister had already gone to bed the time i got home. (negative) 2. after he hadn’t phoned his grandparents, he felt much better about every-thing. (positive) 3. hank hadn’t tried on several t-shirts before he chose the one he liked most. (positive) 4. clark had looked through a list of racing horses before he decided to bet his money on the morning dew. (question) 5. i had finished the letter when i realized it was too late to post it. (negative) 6. as soon as leo hadn’t given up smoking, he looked much healthi-er.(positive) 7. ted’s father had advised him not get married till he was 35. (question)
had already left
had died
had gone
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had already closed
had already sold
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P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } Had the sun risen before they started a journey? No it hadn`t
had Julia finished her work before she went home? Yes, she had.
Had she done all the shopping when she suddenly felt sick? No she hadn`t
Had he spoken to the boss before he decided to leave? Yes he had.
Had the children gone to bed before we had supper? Yes, they had.
Had he stayed in his father’s farm till his father died? Yes, he had.
Had Philip seen the girl before? No, he hadn`t.