Past perfect for the earlier of two past actions, with when, after, by the time, already and never
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When I arrived at the station, the train .
had already lefthas already leftalready leaveswas already leaveThe train left before I arrived, so we use the past perfect: had + past participle. - 2Выбор ответа
Choose the correct sentence.
I had never seen the sea before I was twenty.I have never seen the sea before I was twenty.I never had seen the sea before I was twenty.I had never saw the sea before I was twenty.Had + never + past participle (seen) describes experience up to a point in the past. - 3Выбор ответа
By the time we got to the cinema, the film .
startedhad startedhas startedstartsBy the time + past simple shows a moment in the past; the action before it is in the past perfect. - 4Выбор ответа
She was very nervous on the plane because she before.
had never flownnever flieshas never flownis never flyingHer nervousness was in the past, and her lack of experience was before that: had never flown. - 5Пропуск
I couldn't get into the flat because I (lose) my keys.
Ответ: had lostТакже засчитывается: 'd lostLosing the keys happened first, so it is in the past perfect: had lost. - 6Пропуск
After they (finish) dinner, they went for a walk.
Ответ: had finishedТакже засчитывается: 'd finished, finishedAfter already shows the order of events, so both had finished and finished are correct here. - 7Пропуск
When the police arrived, the thief (already / escape).
Ответ: had already escapedТакже засчитывается: 'd already escapedAlready goes between had and the past participle: had already escaped. - 8Пропуск
you ever been to London before you moved there?
Ответ: HadТакже засчитывается: hadIn past perfect questions, had comes before the subject: Had you ever been...? - 9Пропуск
We were really hungry because we (not / eat) anything all day.
Ответ: hadn't eatenТакже засчитывается: had not eatenThe negative is hadn't (had not) + past participle. - 10Верно / неверно
This sentence is correct: 'When I got home, my brother had eaten all the pizza.'
Ответ: ВерноMy brother ate the pizza before I got home, so had eaten is correct. - 11Верно / неверно
In the sentence 'When I arrived, Tom left', Tom left before I arrived.
Ответ: НеверноTwo past simple verbs show that Tom left when I arrived, or just after. To show he left first, say: When I arrived, Tom had left. - 12Вопрос для разговора
Think of a day when everything went wrong. Write three sentences about it with the past perfect.
Пример ответа: When I woke up, my alarm had already stopped. By the time I got to the bus stop, the bus had just left. When I finally arrived at work, the meeting had started without me.