5. Fill in the blanks with proper forms of the verbs.
(1)I asked him to let me drive as he ___________ for hours. (drive)
(2) Since you ________ the rules, you can correct these grammatical mistakes by yourselves. (learn)
(3) They _______ because their schoolbags are still in their desk. (not leave)
(4) Mr Bell,, who I ___________ to London, still lives in Liverpool. (think, move)
(5) When the noise _______ down, the schoolmaster began his speech. (die)
(6) It _________ cold this year, I wonder when it is going to get warmer. (be)
(7) I _________ cakes. That’s why my hands are all covered with flour. (make)
(8) When I got back, they _______ down most of the houses in the street. (pull)
(9) It was not until I _________ your letter that I knew the truth. (read)
(10)The lady has been to the shop several times, but she ___________ anything. (buy, never)
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Answers (1) had been driving (2) have learned (3) have not left (4) thought had moved (5) had died (6) has been (7) have been making (8) had pulled (9) had read (10) has never bought |
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Resources When we change the sentence that someone said using the present perfect tense in direct speech into indirect speech, the past perfect tense is used. “I have never visited the Great Pyramid, but I have read a lot about it,” he said to me. He told me that he had never visited the Great Pyramid, but he had read a lot about it. The time markers like by now and by the end of last year etc. can help us distinguish the two tenses. We have received more than ten letters from him by now. We had received five letters from him by the end of last year. When we talk about an action that began in the past and lasts until the present, we use the present perfect tense. When we talk about an action that ended at a time in the past, we use the past perfect tense. |
Step 5: Grammar execises
4. To know more clearly about the differences between the simple past and the past perfect, do Part C1 on page 98 in Workbook.
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Answers 1. flew, had done, kept, had hoped, believed 2. went, slept, had fell, broke 3. went, had planned, was, woke, noticed, had happened 4. landed, managed, had travelled |