Past Perfect

Ex. 1. Use the Past Perfect in the following sentences and translate them:

1. He asked me if I (to have) a dictation in English.

2. She was sure that he never (to make) mistakes in his tests.

3. We all knew that as a girl she (to live) in Paris with her parents.

4. Jack chose a hotel. He never (to be) there before but he (to hear) his mother speak of it once. She (to say) she (to like) it.

5. He was pleased to meet Dave again. He (to know) him for ten or eleven years, and they (to play) tennis together in London.

6. He quite forgot that Julian (to leave) his text-books and notes at home.

7. He decided to wait as he (to talk) to the dean himself.

8. I called at nine and they said that English teacher (to go).

9. My friends re-read what they (to write) in their letters.

10. I did not remember much about the Pimleys, whom I (not to see) for about ten years.

11. He told me he (not to hear) from her since the day she walked out of their office.

12. He said frankly that he (not to discuss) this article with his wife yet.

13. I knew they (to know) each other since their childhood.

14. It seemed to me that I (to do) nothing since I arrived.

15. I told him I (to be) in all evening.

Ex. 2. Use the Past Perfect or the Past Indefinite in the following texts:

1. When she (to enter) the house at dinner-time and (to find) Tom gone she (to know) what (to happen). He (to leave) no note, nor any message. She (to know) that in the last moment he even (not to think) of her, and she (not to be) hurt by it. In whatever way he could, he (to love) her.

2. On the 5^th of November Andrew (to set) out alone for London. Now that the exam (to be) so close at hand, he (to feel) that he (to know) nothing. Yet, on the following day when he (to begin) the written part of the exam, he (to find) himself answering the papers. He (to take) a room at the hotel, where Christine and he (to stay) on their first visit to London. Between his exams he (to live) in a kind of daze. He scarcely (to see) the people in the street. After the written part, the practical part of the examination (to begin); and Andrew (to find) himself dreading this more than anything which (to go) before. Luckily his practical part (to go) well enough. His case (to be) an illness which he (to treat) before. He (to feel) that he (to write) a good report.

Ex. 3. Translate from Ukrainian into English concentrating on the use of the Past Perfect:

1. До кінця XIX сторіччя Б. Шоу написав п'ять романів.

2. Вони зробили домашні вправи до минулого понеділка.

3. Вони вже побували в Канаді, до того як приїхали до США.

4. Я прочитала роман «Сага про Форсайтів» до кінця тижня.

5. До шостої години вечора вони вже переклали цю частину книги.

6. Коли вона прочитала правило ще раз, вона зрозуміла помилку.

7. Тільки коли ми обговорили всі деталі, тоді ми підписали угоду.

8. Учитель дозволив мені вийти, коли я дописав твір.

9. До вівторка я вивчила цей вірш напам'ять.

10. Після того як вона закінчила школу, вона вступила до університету.

Test

The past indefinite /the past perfect

1. Mary was afraid she (___) her key at home, but she found it in her handbag.

A had left

B left

2. ___ you (___) to your parents last week?

A Had you written

B Did you write

3. She (___) her composition before she handed it in, had she?

A Had she looked through

B She had looked through

4. Dad wasn’t at home when I came back. He (___) out twenty minutes before.

A went

B had gone

5. Somebody (___) a message yesterday.

A sent

B had sent

6. He told me that he (___) a fortnight before.

A had come back

B came back

7. They couldn’t believe he (___) his job at the college.

A had given up

B gave up

8. The students (___) work two days ago.

A finished

B had finished

9. I kept silence for a while thinking of what he (___) me.

A told

B had told

10. She apologized that she (___) him.

A had not phoned

B did not phone