32627 the past perfect

Focus on the two sentences:
 I had really loved my work.
 I wanted to become
invisible.
Sentence 1: the past perfect
Sentence 2: the past simple
This is the rule:

The past perfect is formed with
the auxiliary verb “had”
+
The past participle.

The past perfect is used to make
7. A couple that I ........................(to notice) in the
hotel dining room ...........................(to stop)
alongside of me and pretty soon the
woman ............................(to speak) to me.
8. Doctors ......................................(to reveal) that
the famous actor ................................... (to admit) to
the Harley Street clinic.
9. She seemed not to realize that
she .......................
..................(to be) in the city where
she ............................(to spend) her youth.
10. I........................ (to meet) a friend
who ........................(to leave) the country several
years ago.
11. Because he .......................(not/to prepare) for
the test, he ............................... (to perform) very
poorly.

12. The workers ................................(nearly/ to
finish) the new library before school.
13. After we .................................(to see) some of
the beautiful sights of the city, we ..........................
(to sit down) to rest in Covent Garden.
14. As soon as the lecturer ............................. (to
finish), many students eagerly .................................
(to begin) to ask questions.
15. It wasn’t until the flow of the traffic (to ease
off) .................................that we ....................................

Put the verbs between brackets in the simple past
or the past perfect form:
1. We ..................... (to enter) after
we ............... (to knock) at the door.
2. I ......................(just/to mail) you a letter
when you ........................ (to call) me.
3. Mr and Mrs Hartley ..........................
(to wait) until Anne .........................(to climb) the
slope and .............................(to join) the class.
4. Unfortunately,
we ............................................... (already/to leave)
the stadium when the two goals .............................
(to score).
5. Before we .................................(to sit) down
to lunch, there .............................(to be) a knock on
the front door.
6. As soon as the school year ................... (to
end), all the pupils ............................(to leave) on
vacation.

Match these sentences with the appropriate
pictures :