Exercise 1
Read the situations and write sentences from the words in brackets.
1) You went to Sue's house, but she wasn't there.
(she / go / out) ________
2) You went back to your home town after many years. It wasn't the same as before.
(it / change / a lot) ________
3) I invited Rachel to the party, but she couldn't come.
(she / arrange / to do something else) ________
4) You went to the cinema last night. You got to the cinema late.
(the film / already / start) ________
5) It was nice to see Daniel again after such a long time.
(I / not / see / him for five years) ________
6) I offered Sue something to eat, but she wasn't hungry.
(she / just / have / breakfast) ________
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1 She had gone out.
2 It had changed a lot.
3 She'd arranged to do something else. / She had arranged …
4 The film had already started.
5 I hadn't seen him for five years.
6 She'd just had breakfast. / She had just had …
Exercise 2
For each situation, write a sentence ending with never … before . Use the verb in brackets.
1) The man sitting next to you on the plane was very nervous. It was his first flight.
(fly) ________
2) Somebody sang a song. I didn't know it.
(hear) I ________ before.
3) Sam played tennis yesterday. He wasn't very good at it because it was his first game.
(play) He ________
4) Last year we went to Mexico. It was our first time there.
(be there) We ________
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1 He’d never flown before.
2 I'd never heard it before. / I had never heard …
3 He'd never played (tennis) before. / He had never played …
4 We'd never been there before. / We had never been …
Exercise 3
Use the sentences on the left to complete the paragraphs on the right. These sentences are in the order in which they happened – so (a) happened before (b), (b) before (c) etc. But your paragraph begins with the underlined sentence, so sometimes you need the past perfect.
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1) (a) Somebody broke into the office during the night. (b) We arrived at work in the morning. (c) We called the police. |
We arrived at work in the morning and found that ________ into the office during the night. So ________ the police. |
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2) (a) Laura went out this morning. (b) I rang her doorbell. (c) There was no answer. |
I went to Laura’s house this morning and rang her doorbell, but ________ no answer. ________ out. |
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3) (a) Jim came back from holiday a few days ago. (b) I met him the same day. (c) He looked very well. |
I met Jim a few days ago. ________ just ________ holiday. ________ very well. |
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4) (a) Kevin sent Sally lots of emails. (b) She never replied to them. (c) Yesterday he got a phone call from her. (d) He was very surprised. |
Yesterday Kevin ________ from Sally. ________ very surprised. ________ lots of emails, but ________ |
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1 we called
2 there was …
She'd gone / She had gone
3 He'd just come back from / He had just come back from …
He looked
4 got a phone call
He was
He'd sent her / He had sent her …
she'd never replied to them / she had never replied to them
Exercise 4
Put the verb into the correct form, past perfect (I had done ) or past simple (I did ).
1) 'Was Paul at the party when you arrived?' 'No, he ________ (go) home.'
2) I felt very tired when I got home, so I ________ (go) straight to bed.
3) The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody ________ (go) to bed.
4) Sorry I'm late. The car ________ (break) down on way here.
5) We were driving along the road when we ________ (see) a car which ________ (break) down, so we ________ (stop) to help.
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1 had gone
2 went
3 had gone
4 broke
5 saw … had broken … stopped
