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15.1 Read the situations and write sentences from the words in brackets. 1 You went to Jill's house but she wasn't there, (she / go / out) ...She had bee go out. 2 You went back to your home town after many years. It wasn't the same as before. (it / change / a lot) .............................................................................................................................................. 3 I invited Rachel to the party but she couldn't come. (she / arrange / to do something else)........................................................................................................... 4 You went to the cinema last night. You arrived at the cinema late. (the film / already / begin)................................................................................................................................ 5 I was very pleased to see Tim again after such a long time. (I / not / see / him for five years).................................................................................................................... 6 I offered Sue something to eat but she wasn't hungry. (she / just / have / breakfast) ........................................................................................................ 15.2 Read the situations and write sentences ending with before. Use the verb given in brackets. 1 The man sitting next to me on the plane was very nervous. It was his first flight. (fly) .He had .never flown before.. OR He hadn't flown before.. 2 A woman walked into the room. She was a complete stranger to me. (see) I....................................................................................................................................................... before. 3 Simon played tennis yesterday. He wasn't very good at it because it was his first game. (play) He ............................................................................................................................................................... 4 Last year we went to Denmark. It was our first time there. (be) We .................................................................................................................................................................. 15.3 Vse the sentences on the left to complete the paragraphs on the right. These sentences are in the order in which they happened - so (1) happened before (2), (2) before (3) etc. But your paragraph begins with the underlined sentence, so sometimes you need the past perfect. 1 (i) Somebody broke into the office We arrived at work in the morning and during the night. • found that somebody ... had. broken... into (2) We arrived at work in the morning, the office during the night. So we ................... (3) We called the police. ................................. 2 (l) Ann went out. I tried to phone Ann this morning but............ (2) I tried to phone her this morning. ................................. no answer. She ...................... (3) There was no answer. ............................. out. 3 (l) Jim came back from holiday a few met Jim a few days ago. He ........................ just days ago. ........................................................................................ (2) I met him the same day. He ........................................................... (3) He looked very well. 4 (i) Kevin wrote to Sally many times. Yesterday Kevin .................................................... (2) She never replied to his letters. He ........................... very surprised. He (3) Yesterday he had a phone call from her. ................................................... many times but she (4) He was very surprised. ........................................................................................ 15.4 Put the verb into the correct form, past perfect (I had done etc.) or past simple (I did etc.). 1 'Was Tom at the party when you arrived?' 'No, he ....bad .gone . (go) home.' 2 I felt very tired when I got home, so I................................................... (go) straight to bed. 3 The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody .................................................. (go) to bed. 4 Sorry I'm late. The car ................................................... (break) down on my way here. 5 We were driving along the road when we ........................................ (see) a car which. ........................................ (break) down, so we ........................................ (stop) to see if we could help. |