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    1.Complete the sentences with past perfect tense.

    LINKING WORDS USED WITH


    PAST PERFECT TENSE
    The car stopped because we ......................... out of petrol.(run)
    By the time....
    I was cold because I ............................... any warm clothes.(not take)

    We wanted to visit our cousin last weekend, but After......


    they ................................... to go to London. (arrange)
    ....before....
    The computer crashed. Luckily, I......................... all my work on it. (save)
    As soon as ....
    He felt very tired because he .................................. well. (not sleep)
    When.....
    Did they sentd you the wrong books or ....................................... the
    wrong ones? (you/order)

    The soup didn`t


    2. Complete taste
    the nice because
    setenses I ...................................
    with the appropriate form of the put verbs
    salt inInit.brackets. Use the ppast simple or past
    (forget) tense.
    perfect

    By the time he ............................... his exams, I ................................. mine. (start, finish)

    After I ....................................... to him, I ................................. better. (talk, feel)

    As soon as they.............................. the car, they............................... it. (repair, sell)

    They .................................. by the time I .......................................... . (leave, arrive)

    Beth.................................... round after she ....................................... Rob to the station. (come, take)

    As soon as we .................................. our bags in our rooms, we ............................. lunch. (put, have)
    3. Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect simple).
    1. I.........................................
    The storm destroyed the my sandcastle that we
    room before ..............................(build)
    I ................................ . (tidy, go)
    to my bed.
    2. My brother ate all of the cake that our mum............................... (make) .
    3. The doctor took off the plaster that he ......................(put on) six weeks
    before.
    4. The waiter brought a drink that I .....................................(not / order) .
    5. I could not remember the poem we............................ (learn) the week
    before.
    6. The children collected the chestnuts that ...........................(fall) from the tree.
    7. He ................................(not / be) to Cape Town before 1997. 4. Put the verbs in brackets
    8. When she went out to play, she...................... (do / already) her homework.
    into the past Simple Or past
    9. ..............................(he / phone) Angie before he went to see her in London?
    10. She....................................... (not / ride) a horse before that day. perfect tense

    I can't believe I ..................(get) that apartment. I ......................(submit) my application last week, but I didn't think I
    had a chance of actually getting it. When I .................(show) up to take a look around, there were at least twenty
    other people who ....................(arrive) before me. Most of them....................... (fill, already) out their applications and
    were already leaving. The landlord said I could still apply, so I did. I................ (try) to fill out the form, but I couldn't
    answer half of the questions. They ........................(want) me to include references, but I didn't want to list my
    previous landlord because I .................(have) some problems with him in the past and I knew he wouldn't recommend
    me. I ...................(end) up listing my father as a reference.It was total luck that he ................(decide) to give me the
    apartment. It turns out that the landlord and my father ................(go) to high school together. He decided that I could
    have the apartment before he ........................(look) at my credit report. I really lucked out!

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