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2. There69THEVERBwere voices heard from the kitchen so I (go)(A, B) Combine the following pairs of.................................................straight there. 3. Hesentences.Use the conjunctions from the box.cannot take part in the competition. He (break)................................................... his leg yesterday.after as soon as before until till when4. There was an accident on the mountain top.
Askier (break)............................................. his leg and(Model?) a) They went to England. They left school.1the ambulance men were carrying him to the road.(after) They went to England after theySo we (s to p ).............................................. to let themhadleft school.pass.b) The sun set. They finished their work,(before) The sun had set before theyfinishedtheir work.O O(A, B) Use the Past Perfect Tense of the34verbs in brackets to complete the sentences.(M o d e l:) When John and I got to the river, the boatrace (start already) had already started.1.2.3.4.5.6.1.The sun rose. He woke up.
(before) -2.I understood the problem. He explained, (as soonas) - .....................................................................She wrote the letter. She went to the post office,(after) - .................................................................She read the message carefully. She wrote thereply, (before) - .................................................3.When she went to bed, she remembered thatshe (not/switch off the lig h t)................................4.She felt tired because she (walk a lot/thatday)......................................................................She went for a holiday after she (pass theexam s).................................................................I didn’t look at the present until after she (go)5.He didn’t start speaking until the children (leave/the ro o m ).............................................................He understood the book only after he (read it/again)...................................................................6.He left the room.
I turned on the radio, (as soonas) - .....................................................................He had dinner. He went to the cinema, (after) -7.We didn’t say a word. He finished his story, (until)8.We reached the football ground. The gamestarted, (when) - ................................................9.John worked as a skilled builder. He began tostudy architecture, (before) - .......................... 1010. Harold couldn’t leave for home. He completedeverything, (till) - ...............................................(В, C) Match the beginning of the sentence with its ending, putting the verbs in the correct form:1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.They hardly (g o ).......................
......... outHe scarcely (ta k e ).................. .............. a fewsteps along the streetNo sooner he (sta rt)................. ..............to playNo sooner they (come in ) .......No sooner the curtains (fall)Hardly he (ask).......................... ....his questionsThe rain nearly (s to p )..............He scarcely (s a y ).................... ............ the firstwordsa)b)c)d)e)f)g)h)70when three men (a p p e a r).....from around the corner.than one string of the violin (b re a k)................................
out.than her sister (ring) ............ ...................... upabout an accident with her little daughter.when aunt Julia (w a n d e r).....slowly into the room.when he (re a ch )..................... ...........his hotel.than he (ris e )........................... ......to go.when she (in te rru pt)............... ................. him.when she (answer) them.THEPERFECT36(B) Choose the correct form of the verb inthese sentences:1. She realized that she was going to faint. She a te /had eaten nothing since the picnic.
2. His wifewasn’t/h a d n ’t been in. She went/had gone out aquarter of an hour before. 3. After dinner Mr. Gragproposed a game of cards. He d id n ’t p lay/hadn’tplayed cards since his illness. 4. Dr. Lecter was/hadbeen English, though he lived/had lived in Americafor thirty years. 5. His smile was/had been somethingshe never saw/had seen before.
6. He decided towait till he talked/had talked to the man himself.7. He came/had come into the room a moment after37F OR MSI g ot/h ad g ot there. 8. When he returned/hadreturned at eleven o ’clock, the telegram arrived/hadarrived. 9. When they went/had gone, I got/had gotbusy at the desk. 10. When evening fell/had fallen,their son left/had left the house. 11.1 hardly w as/had been there five minutes when Mrs. Brown cam e/had come in with the coffee.
12. He prom ised/hadprom ised to ring me up when he got/had got adefinite answer. 13. Scarcely they moved/had movedinto the new house when their friends cam e/hadcome. 14. The evening went/had gone off easierthan she expected/had expected. 15. But the villagehe showed/had shown her was/had been the bestshe ever saw/had ever seen.(В, C) Put the verb in brackets into the Past Simple and the Past Perfect.1. We (s it).......................................down to the table only when all the guests (arrive)......................................2. There (b e ).......................................a curious expression on his face I never (se e )........................................before. 3.
He (b e )..................................... a teacher at the University, as his father (b e ).......................................before him. 4. There (b e )........................................silence after she (g o )........................................... 5. Fromdownstairs (co m e )...................................... the sound of a radio playing a song he never (hear)....................................... before. 6. Very deliberately and carefully Poirot (rete ll)........................................ the conversationhe (h o ld )........................................
with Saitrana at Wessex House. 7. There (b e ) ..........................................something vaguely familiar about her face but I couldn’t remember where I (se e )...................................... herbefore. 8. He (re-read) ...................................... what he (w rite)......................................... 9. When Val (leave)......................................them, Soames and Winifred (m ake).......................................their way to the CheshireCheese.
10. She (b e ).......................................ill for two days when we (learn)........................................ aboutit. 11. About twenty people already (arrive)...................................... when they (enter).......................................the hall. 12. We (n o t/g o ).......................................far when we suddenly (notice)........................................ thedark clouds on the horizon.38(В, C) Insert the Past Simple or the Past Perfect form of the verbs in brackets.1. We hardly (le a ve)........................................ town when it (b e g in )..........................................to rain. 2. Themoon (not / rise)..........................................There was nothing to dispel the dark of the night.
3. When at hishouse, they ( te ll) ......................................... me that he (le a v e )........................................... an hour before.4. No sooner he (take)....................................a drink himself than Mrs. Fettle (lo o k).......................................in. 5. When I (c o m e )........................................to see my friend, I (fin d )......................................... him lying inbed. He (lo o k ).......................................
very pale as he (b e ).........................................seriously ill for a wholemonth. 6. He hardly (light) .......................................... another cigarette, when the General (come)........................................ into the courtyard. 7. Presently the sounds of voices and footsteps approachingthe house roused her from the dreamy state into which she (fa ll)........................................... 8. She was awoman of nearly fifty who (be) ......................................... obviously pretty once. 9. I (leave) .......................................
home at 8 o ’clock but I (n o t/g o )..........................................far when I (rem em ber)........................................ that I (fo rg e t).......................................... to lock my door. 10. Scarcely I (c lo s e ).........................................the door when a gust of wind (o p e n )..........................................it again.71THE39VERB(В, C) Put the verb in brackets into the Past Simple, the Past Continuous or the Past Perfect.1. When I (arrive)..................................... ..
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