Question

Grammar: past perfect Complete the second sentence of each pair with the correct form of the past perfect, to make third conditional sentences. 1. I wasn't tired, so I didn't go to bed. If I ____tired, I would have gone to bed. 2. I didn't take a taxi because it was so expensive. I would have taken a taxi if it ___so expensive. 3. I got the job because my manager put me forward for it. I wouldn't have got the job if my manager ____me forward for it. 4. The client complained because we didn't listen to her. The client wouldn't have complained if we ____to her. 5. He didn't read the instructions properly, so he couldn't do the activity. If he ___the instructions properly, he would have been able to do the activity. 6. We didn't have enough time so the product wasn't as good as it could have been. If we ____enough time the product would have been better.

Answer 1

1 hadn't been tired

2 hadn't been

3 hadn't put

4 had listened

5 had read

6 had had

Answer 2

Sure, here are the completed sentences with the correct form of the past perfect for each scenario:

1. I wasn't tired, so I didn't go to bed. If I had been tired, I would have gone to bed.
2. I didn't take a taxi because it was so expensive. I would have taken a taxi if it hadn't been so expensive.
3. I got the job because my manager put me forward for it. I wouldn't have got the job if my manager hadn't put me forward for it.
4. The client complained because we didn't listen to her. The client wouldn't have complained if we had listened to her.
5. He didn't read the instructions properly, so he couldn't do the activity. If he had read the instructions properly, he would have been able to do the activity.
6. We didn't have enough time so the product wasn't as good as it could have been. If we had had enough time, the product would have been better.