I Had An Amusing Experience Last Year I Had Left A Small Village in The South of France He Had Got Into The Car I Had Nearly Reached The Town
I Had An Amusing Experience Last Year I Had Left A Small Village in The South of France He Had Got Into The Car I Had Nearly Reached The Town
I Had An Amusing Experience Last Year I Had Left A Small Village in The South of France He Had Got Into The Car I Had Nearly Reached The Town
A) Read the situations and write sentences in the past perfect using the same words and without
changing the meaning of the sentence.
1. They had gone (go) home after they had finished (finish) their work.
2. She had just gone (just / go) out when I called her.
3. My brother had eaten (eat) all the pie before we got back.
4. He wondered why I had not visited (not / visit) him before.
5. She said that she had already seen (already / see) the Pyramids.
6. The fire had spreaded (spread) to the next building .
7. They drank small cups of coffee, after they had finished (finish) dinner.
8. He told me he had catch (catch) a young lion.
9. His mother had worried (worry) a lot about him before she had heard (hear) that he was asfe.
10. He had already learned (already / learn) English before he had left (leave) for England, but before
he arrived in England, he had forgotten (forget) some.
11. Mary had been (go) swimming after she come home. After she had swum (swim), she called her
friend Judy.
12. I had been (go) to the theatre with my friends yesterday. I had not been (not / go) to the theatre fiora
year.
13. After they had finished (finish) their breakfast, they had left (leave) for school.
14. Linda had played (play) tennis after she had done (do) her homework.
15. My father had watered (water) the flowers after he had cleaned (clean) the car.
C) Read the passage underline the past perfect sentences and answer the questions:
I had an amusing experience last year. After I had left a small village in the south of France, I drove on
to the next town. On the way a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me for a lift. After he
had got into the car, I said good morning to him in French and he replied in the same language.
Except a few words, I do not know any French at all. Neither of us spoke during the journey.
I had nearly reached the town, when the young man suddenly said, very slowly, “Do you speak
English?” As I soon learned, he was English himself!
E) Complete the following sentences in column A using the correct choice from column B.
A B
_e__1. Everyone on board the plane would have died a) If I had not been to a doctor.
_j__2. If the officials hadn’t stopped the poor man, b) if you had taken him to the fun-fair.
_f__ 3. If the climbers had found an easy way, c) if the plane had crashed.
_a__4. I would be in a hospital now d) she could have bought some expensive
clothes.
_g__5. We would have got wet e) so many people wouldn’t have been
killed.
_i__6. If he had had enough time last summer, f) he could have built his small house in
two days.
_c__7. I might have come to your help g) if we hadn’t taken our umbrellas.
_h__ 8. If the driver had not slept, h) they could have reached the top easily
_b__ 9. The young boy would have been very happy i) he would have gone on a holiday.
_d__10. If her father had been rich, j) if I had had time last Sunday.
G) write an unreal situation in the past using the third conditional structure and using the following
words in your 20 lines paragraph.
( indigenous, person, america, 16th century, wanted, europeans, find, concentrated, battles, political
figures, history, classes, past, interesting)
R// Long before the 16th century there was a conflict between people from different places, the indigenous
and the Europeans where they had heard and would have been interested about an object owned by an
Aztec "political figure". They could have reached America earlier, if they would have been more proficient
at sailing ships. Europeans looking for where they would hide the "political" figure became interested in
the battles to attract attention and find the object faster. If they had decided not to fight, they would not
Continuing with their desperate search for the object, they received classes on the region, culture, wealth
and other things. The Europeans, surprised by the riches of America, thought of stealing and taking all of
America, even if it cost them dearly. If they had taken all of America, they would have wiped out all and
exclusive riches of America and devastating the indigenous people would be difficult so they decided to
fight a second time, which is why most of Europeans died in the war and fell short on resources and
persons