Past Perfect vs Past Simple

Exercise 1

Put the verb into the correct form, past perfect (I had done) or past simple (I did).

1. 'Was Paul at the party when you arrived?' 'No, he ................................ (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 help.

ZAPRASZAMY WSZYSTKICH ZAINTERESOWANYCH PODNOSZENIEM SWOICH KOMPETENCJI JĘZYKOWYCH DO ROZWIĄZANIA ZADAŃ A NASTĘPNIE SPRAWDZENIA ICH POPRAWNOŚCI NA ZAJĘCIACH W FUNDACJI "WARTO ŻYĆ" ZGODNIE Z HARNOMOGRAMEM ZAJĘĆ.

Ćwiczenia w Past Perfect Continuous

Exercise 1

Read the situations and make sentences from the words in brackets.

1. I was very tired when I arrived home.

(I / work / hard all day) ....................................................................

2. The two boys come into the house. They had a football and they were both very tired.

(they / play / football) ....................................................................

3. I was disappointed when I had to cancel my holiday.

(I / look / forward to it) ....................................................................

4. Ann woke up in the middle of the night. She was frightened and didn't know where she was.

(she / dream) ....................................................................

5. When I got home, Tom was sitting in front of the TV. He had just turned it off.

(he / watch / a film) ....................................................................

Exercise 2

Read the situations and complete the sentences.

1. We played tennis yesterday. Half an hour after we began playing, it started to rain.

We .................................................. when ..........................................

2. I had arranged to meet Tom in a restaurant. I arrived and waited for him. After 20 minutes I suddenly realised that I was in the wrong restaurant.

I ...................................................... for 20 minutes when I ................................................ the wrong restaurant.

3. Sarah got a job in a factory. Five years later the factory closed down.

At the time the factory .............................................................., Sarah .................................................. there for five years.

4. I went to a concert last week. The orchestra began playing. After about ten minutes a man in the audience suddenly started shouting.

The orchestra ..................................................... when .........................................................

This time make your own sentence:

5. I began walking along the road. I .................................................................................................... when ...................................................................................................................

ZAPRASZAMY WSZYSTKICH ZAINTERESOWANYCH PODNOSZENIEM SWOICH KOMPETENCJI JĘZYKOWYCH DO ROZWIĄZANIA ZADAŃ A NASTĘPNIE SPRAWDZENIA ICH POPRAWNOŚCI NA ZAJĘCIACH W FUNDACJI "WARTO ŻYĆ" ZGODNIE Z HARNOMOGRAMEM ZAJĘĆ.

Ćwiczenia w Past Perfect Simple

Exercise 1

Read the situations and write sentences from the words in brackets.

1. You went to Sue's house, but she wasn't where.

(she / 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 got to the cinema late.

(the film / already / begin) ..........................................................................

5. It was a nice to see Dan 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) ..........................................................................

Exercise 2

For each situation, write a sentence ending with never ... before. Use the verb in brackets.

1. The man sitting next to you on the plane was very nervous. It was his first flight.

(fly) He .......................................................................... before.

2. The woman walked into the room. She was a complete stranger to me.

(see) I .......................................................................... before.

3. Sam 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 there) We ...........................................................................

ZAPRASZAMY WSZYSTKICH ZAINTERESOWANYCH PODNOSZENIEM SWOICH KOMPETENCJI JĘZYKOWYCH DO ROZWIĄZANIA ZADAŃ A NASTĘPNIE SPRAWDZENIA ICH POPRAWNOŚCI NA ZAJĘCIACH W FUNDACJI "WARTO ŻYĆ" ZGODNIE Z HARNOMOGRAMEM ZAJĘĆ.

Past Perfect Simple i Past Perfect Continuous

Czas Past Perfect to czas przeszły dokonany, nazywa się go także czasem zaprzeszłym, gdyż opisuje czynność, która dokonała się zanim rozpoczęła się inna czynność przeszła.

Tworzenie zdań w Past Perfect jest dość proste, mimo że jest to czas złożony. Elementy tego czasu są następujące:

Tworzenie zdań twierdzących:

podmiot + had + czasownik w III formie / końcówka -ed

Pytania tworzymy w standardowy sposób - zamieniamy miejscami podmiot z operatorem, natomiast przeczenia uzyskujemy wstawiając not po operatorze had.

Czasu Past Perfect Continuous używamy mówiąc o czynności ciągłej w przeszłości która zaczęła się zanim miała miejsce jakaś inna czynność przeszła.

Zdanie twierdzące tworzymy wstawiając po podmiocie orzeczenie złożone z następujących elementów: had + been (we wszystkich osobach tak samo) + czasownik z końcówką -ing.

Pytania tworzymy znowu w standardowy sposób - zamieniamy miejscami podmiot z operatorem, natomiast przeczenia uzyskujemy wstawiając not po operatorze had.