Past Perfect (предпрошедшее)

Past Perfect

Insert the verbs in the Past Perfect tense. (Вставьте глаголы в Past Perfect.)

1. I ... (to have) breakfast before I went to school.

2. He went to meet his friends after he ... (to do) his homework.

3. By 8 o’clock the rain ... (to stop).

4. Alice was late because she ... (to miss) the bus.

5. She went to the post-office after she ... (to write) the letter.

6. He ... (to work) at the factory before he entered the college.

7. He got a bad mark for his test because he ... (to make) a lot of mistakes in it.

8. I went to bed after I ... (to finish) reading the book.

9. The child ... (to fall) asleep before the parents came home.

10. They ... (to marry) before they bought this house.

11. Jill was afraid she _____ (forget) her key at home, but she found it in her handbag.

12. Dad wasn’t at home when I came back. He _____  (go) out twenty minutes before.

13. I wasn’t hungry because I_____  (just/have) breakfast.

14. Peter saw an urgent message on his table. Somebody _____ (leave) it the day before.

15. I apologized I _____ (not/phone) her.

16. He told me that he _____ (come back) a fortnight before.

17. I knew him at once though I _____ (meet) him many years before.

18. We spent the night in Klin, a town we _____ (often/hear of) but_____  (never/see).

19. They couldn’t believe he _____ (give up) his job in the bank. He _____  (make) a good living there.

20. Mr. Jackson said that he _____  ( already/buy) everything for lunch.

21. Alice asked her brother where he _____ (arrange) to meet his friends.

22. We had no car at that time because we _____ (sell) our old one.

23. They _____ (finish) painting the ceiling by two o’clock.