Question

Упражнение 3. Раскройте скобки, поставив глаголы в Past Simple или Past Perfect. 1) Jill ___________ (be) afraid she _________________ (forget) her key at home, but she _____________ (find) it in her handbag. 2) Dad ____________________ (not be) at home when I _____________ (come) back. He _________________ (go) out twenty minutes before. 3) I ___________________ (not be) hungry because I ________________________ (just/have) breakfast. 4) Peter ______ (see) an urgent message on his table. Somebody ___________________ (leave) it the day before. 5) I _____________ (apologize) I ___________________________ (not/phone) her earlier. 6) He _________________ (tell) me that he ________________________ (come back) a fortnight before. 7) I ________________ (know) him at once though I ______________________ (meet) him many years before. 8) We ___________ (spend) the night in Klin, a town we ___________________ (often/hear of) but___________________________ (never/see). 9) They ___________ (can) believe he _______________________ (give up) his job in the bank. 10) Mr. Jackson _________________ (say) that he ________________________ (already/buy) everything for lunch.

Answer 1

1) Jill was afraid she had forgotten her key at home, but she found it in her handbag.
2) Dad wasn't at home when I came back. He had gone out twenty minutes before.
3) I wasn't hungry because I had just had breakfast.
4) Peter saw an urgent message on his table. Somebody had left it the day before.
5) I apologized I had not phoned her earlier.
6) He told me that he had come back a fortnight before.
7) I knew him at once though I had met him many years before.
8) We spent the night in Klin, a town we had often  heard of but had never  seen.
9) They could (not(?)) believe he had given up his job in the bank.
10) Mr. Jackson said that he had already bought everything for lunch.

Answer 2

1. Jill was afraid she had forgotten her key at home, but she found it in her handbag.
2. Dad wasn't at home when I came back. He had gone out twenty minutes before.
3. I wasn't hungry because I had just had breakfast.
4. Peter saw an urgent message on his table. Somebody had left it the day before.
5. I apologize, I didn't phone her earlier.
6. He told me that he had come back a fortnight before.
7. I knew him at once though I had met him many years before.
8. We spent the night in Klin, a town we had often heard of but had never seen.
9. They couldn't believe he had given up his job in the bank.
10. Mr. Jackson said that he had already bought everything for lunch.