№3. Подготовка к ЕГЭ. PAST PERFECT

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PAST PERFECT

Task 1. Put the verbs in the either the Past Simple or the Past Perfect.

a)           I cooked a chicken curry for some friends, but I                         out            NOT FIND until the next day that I                                                             them all food poisoning.             GIVE

b)          Sandra                                      her friend Dawn to ask about her holiday.           RШG Dawn       just           from а cruise in the Caribbean.         RETURN

c)             Since he was a little boy, Mark                                         to go to Oxford            WANT University and study to become a doctor. Imaging his delight when he

                                           really well in all his exams! His childhood dream              DO

                                           true.                                                                                       COME

d)           Kenneth                                a very difficult week. On Monday a water          HAVE pipe     and flooded the kitchen, on Wednesday the central                                                BURST heating           down, and on Fйday his wife                                                                                 BRAKE

                                           him.                                                                                       LEAVE

е)      Keith and Fiona                                   to Brighton for their holiday last year. GO They             there the year before and                      ВЕ they                                                                      an awful time, so I can’t understand why                            HAVE

they                                                to go back again.                                                      DECIDE

f)      Rachel was a successful model before she                              а teacher.            BECOME

She                                           a lot of money, but then she

                                         it all up for the classroom.

EARN

GIVE

Task 2. Use these pairs of verbs to complete the sentences. Choose the Past Perfect where possible; otherwise, use the Past Simple.

turn/caught                 come/start         eat/pick        check go         type/give        collapse/ phone

1.       After Michael                                      the letter, he                               it to Kay to sign.

2.       When she                                      into the hall, everyone                                    cheering.

3.       When Jenny                                  that the children were asleep, she                        out to the concert.

4.       As soon as I                                   the ignition key, the engine                                         fire.

5.       When Norma                                                   I                                   for an ambulance.

6.       After they                                        all the food, they                              up their bags and left.