E8. PAST PERFECT TENSE

E8. PAST PERFECT TENSE

HAD + P2/ Ved.

USAGE

• We had had lunch BEFORE she arrived.

• If I had known that, I would have acted differently. (type 3 conditional sent.)

SIGNALS

• Prior to that time, before, after, for, by 1990, ...

  By the end of + time in the past …

• By the time I met you, I had worked in that company for five years

• After he had come back, he made a susscessful company reform.

Multiple Choice

After leaving my house, I suddenly _____ (remember) that I _____ (forget) to lock the front door.

• remembered, forgot
• had remembered, forgot
• remembered, have forgotten
• remembered, had forgotten

Multiple Choice

When he _____ (get) home, he _____ (discover) that his little brother _____ (eat) all the chocolates.

• got, discovered, had eaten
• got, had discovered, had eaten
• had gotten, had discovered, had eaten
• had gotten, discovered, had eaten

Multiple Choice

When we _____ (get) there, the show _____ (already begin).

• got, had already begun
• got, had already began
• had got, had already begun
• had got, had already began

Multiple Choice

The bell _____ (already ring) when the bus _____ (arrive) at school.

• had already rang, arrived
• had already rung, arrived
• have already rung, arrived
• has already rung, arrived

Multiple Choice

After she _____ (hear) the sad news, she _____ (begin) to cry.

• heard, began
• had heard, had begun
• had heard, began
• heard, had begun

Multiple Choice

I _____ (never see) such majestic mountain before I went to Malaysia.

• never seen
• have never seen
• had never seen
• had never saw

Multiple Choice

After the gardener _____ (sweep) up the leaves, he burnt them.

• swept
• has swept
• have swept
• had swept

Multiple Choice

After he ………………………………. at the hospital for two years he decided to give up the job.

• had work

• has work

• have worked

• had worked

Multiple Choice

I .................................. a lot about her before I heard that she was safe.

• has worried

• had worry

• have worried

• had worried