Question

Выполните упражнение: Put the verbs into Past Perfect / Past Simple 1) When Anna … (come) to say good-night, her children already … (fall asleep). 2) My cousin ……. (buy) tickets before we came. 3) Mary … (can’t go) skating after she … (break) her leg. 4) When we ……….(finish) dinner, we went out. 5) I……… (not/have) breakfast when he arrived. 6) The lights went off because we …..(not/pay) the electricity bill.

Answer 1

Ответ:

1) When Anna came to say good-night, her children had already fallen asleep.

2) My cousin had bought tickets before we came.

3) Mary couldn't go skating after she had broken her leg.

4) When we had finished dinner, we went out.

5) I hadn't had breakfast when he arrived.

6) The lights went off because we hadn't paid the electricity bill.

Answer 2

Sure! Here are the sentences with the verbs in Past Perfect / Past Simple tense:

1) When Anna came to say good-night, her children had already fallen asleep. 2) My cousin had bought tickets before we came. 3) Mary couldn't go skating after she had broken her leg. 4) When we finished dinner, we went out. 5) I hadn't had breakfast when he arrived. 6) The lights went off because we hadn't paid the electricity bill.

In these sentences, the Past Perfect tense (had + past participle) is used to indicate an action that happened before another past action. The Past Simple tense is used for actions that happened in the past without any relation to other past actions.

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