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Exercises with Past Perfect Simple & Contiuous

EXERCISE 1. Join the following pairs of sentences using the Past Perfect Tense. Use the conjunctions in brackets:
MODEL: They went out to play. They finished their tasks (after). They went out to play after they had finished their tasks.

1 . He threw the letter away. He wrote it (as soon as).

2. He recovered. He was very ill (before).

3. She didn't know the truth. He explained it (until).

4. I reached the bus-stop. The bus started (when).

5. He left the room. I switched on the TV set (as soon as).

6. We had breakfast. We went for a walk (after).

7. They didn't call on us. We dressed for the trip (until).

8. He was an actor. He became a stage director (before).

Answer 1

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Cerință: Join the following pairs of sentences using the Past Perfect Tense. Use the conjunctions in brackets.

Past Perfect Tense: SUBJECT+HAD+PAST PARTICIPLE

Past Perfect Tense sau Trecutul Perfect exprimă o acțiune trecută și terminată care s-a desfășurat înaintea altei acțiuni trecute.

• Forma afirmativă: SUBJECT+HAD+PAST PARTICIPLE;

I had solved the homework before you arrived here.

• Forma negativă: SUBJECT+HAD NOT/HADN'T+PAST PARTICIPLE;

I hadn't had the chance to talk to you after you left.

• Forma interogativă: HAD+SUBJECT+PAST PARTICIPLE;

Had I met you before?

1. He threw the letter away. He wrote it (as soon as).

• He threw the letter away as soon as he had written it.

    2. He recovered. He was very ill (before).

• He had been very ill before he recovered.

     3. She didn't know the truth. He explained it (until).

• She didn't know the truth until he had explained it.

      4.  I reached the bus-stop. The bus started (when).

• I reached the bus-stop when the bus had started.

   

      5.  He left the room. I switched on the TV set (as soon as).

• He left the room as soon as I had switched the TV set.

      6.  We had breakfast. We went for a walk (after).

• We had breakfast after we had gone for a walk.

      7.  They didn't call on us. We dressed for the trip (until).

• They didn't call on us until we had dressed for the trip.

     

       8.  He was an actor. He became a stage director (before).

• He was an actor before he had become a stage director.