THE PAST PERFECT TENSE

1. The pupils had translated the text before the bell rang.

2. Kate had done her lessons by eight o’clock. 3. Peter had studied English before he entered the institute. 4. The girls had cleaned the room by the time their mother came back. 5. We had reached the village before the sun set. 6. He had parked the car before the rain started. 7. The teacher had cleaned the blackboard before I read the sentence to the end. 8,1 had washed all the dishes before my mother entered the kitchen. 9.1 had invited them before I fell ill. 10. They had copied the text by five o’clock.    .    *

Exercise 105. Choose the right form of the verb from the

brackets. Explain your choice.

1. Now she was glad she.........his address away (was not

throwing/did not throw/has not thrown/had not thrown),

2. Rosemary......in Paris three days before she called Jean-

Jacques (was/were/has been/had been). 3.1 paid for what we (were drinking/have drunk/had drunk), and we made our way .to a cheap restaurant. 4. On their return they found that

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