Question

Stop and check 3 Units 9-12 Past Perfect and narrative tenses 1 Choose the correct verb forms. 1 When the film started, I realized I'd seen / I saw it before. 2 I got to the shop at 6 p.m. but they had already closed/ already closed. 3 After I got home, I went / had gone straight to bed. 4 We travelled only a few kilometres before the car broke /had broken down. 5 The children were excited about going by plane because they didn't/ hadn't flown before. 6 After I'd texted her a few times, she agreed / had agreed to go on a date. 7 It was exciting trip to Amsterdam, as we didn't go / hadn't been there before. 8 I recognized my old friend straightaway. She hadn't/ didn't changed a bit. 9 I told them my best joke but they hadn't/ didn't laugh. ​

Answer 1

1. When the film started, I realized I had seen it before.

2. I got to the shop at 6 p.m. but they had already closed.

3. After I got home, I went straight to bed.

4. We travelled only a few kilometres before the car broke down.

5. The children were excited about going by plane because they hadn't flown before.

6. After I had texted her a few times, she had agreed to go on a date.

7. It was an exciting trip to Amsterdam, as we hadn't been there before.

8. I recognized my old friend straightaway. She hadn't changed a bit.

9. I told them my best joke but they didn't laugh.

Answer 2

1. When the film started, I realized I had seen it before. - In this sentence, the past perfect form "had seen" is used to show that the action of seeing the film happened before the time of realization.

2. I got to the shop at 6 p.m. but they had already closed. - Here, the past perfect form "had already closed" is used to show that the closing of the shop happened before the time of arrival.

3. After I got home, I went straight to bed. - In this sentence, the simple past form "went" is used to indicate that the action of going to bed immediately followed the action of getting home.

4. We traveled only a few kilometers before the car broke down. - The past simple form "broke" is used here to indicate that the action of breaking down happened after a short period of traveling.

5. The children were excited about going by plane because they hadn't flown before. - In this sentence, the past perfect form "hadn't flown" is used to show that the action of flying had not occurred before the excitement of going by plane.

6. After I had texted her a few times, she agreed to go on a date. - Here, the past perfect form "had texted" is used to indicate that the action of texting her happened before the action of her agreeing to go on a date.

7. It was an exciting trip to Amsterdam, as we hadn't been there before. - The past perfect form "hadn't been" is used here to show that the action of going to Amsterdam had not occurred before the time of the exciting trip.

8. I recognized my old friend straightaway. She hadn't changed a bit. - In this sentence, the past perfect form "hadn't changed" is used to indicate that the action of not changing happened before the time of recognition.

9. I told them my best joke but they didn't laugh. - Here, the simple past form "didn't laugh" is used to show that the action of not laughing immediately followed the action of telling the joke.