4. Use the prompts to make sentences, as in the example.

Example:. a) After/When Sue had packed her suitcase, she called a taxi,

b) Sue had packed her suitcase before she called a taxi.

First	Then
• Sue/pack/her suitcase	call/a taxi
• Bob/eat/the meal	pay/the bill
• Mary/read/the contract	sign/it
• the boys/watch/the match	turn off/the TV
• Peter/borrow/some money	buy/a car

5. Put the verbs in brackets into the past perfect or past simple to make the order of events clear. The first one is done for you.

Example: When he (make) his decision he (go) to talk to the manager…………When he had made his decision he went to talk to the manager………………………………………………………………………………

b He (work) at the company for ten years when he (retire)…….…………………………………………………..

с He (can not) get into his flat because he (forget) his keys………………………………………………………..

d I (not eat) since the morning so I (be) really hungry by eight o'clock…………………………………………...

e When she (wash and change) she (call) a taxi…………………………………………..………………………..

f She (want) to visit Rome because she (read) a lot about it ………………………................................................

g They (arrive) late because they (miss) the bus…………………………………………………..……………….

6. Complete the sentences, or add a sentence, using the ideas in brackets and a verb in the Past Perfect.

Example:

I was broke because I ... (spend/money/clothes)

I was broke because I had spent all my money on clothes.

1. Jane was furious ... (oversleep and miss the bus)

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2. Mary was very disappointed with her son. She ... (send/good school; but he /not do any work; fail/exams)

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3. Brian was sent to prison for three years. He ... (steal money/employer; spend/drugs)

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4. I was very nervous as I waited in the departure lounge. I ... (never/fly/before)

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5. Jack wanted a new challenge in his work. He ... (be/same job/ten years)

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6. I didn't know his name, but the face was familiar. I was sure ... (see/somewhere/before) ________________________________________________________________

7. Mick was now a penniless beggar, but he ... (not always/be/poor, be/millionaire; business/ collapse; lose/everything)

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8. When I got home, I was starving. I ... (not have/ anything to eat all day)

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7. Рut the verbs into Past Simple or Past Perfect.

1. Tom (to return) from the cinema at five o'clock. 2. Tom (to return) from the cinema by five o'clock. 3. I (to finish) my homework at seven o'clock. 4. I (to finish) my homework by seven o'clock. 5. He (to think) that he (to lose) the money. 6. Ann (to tell) me that she (to see) an interesting film. 7. When I (to come) home, mother already (to cook) dinner. 8. When father (to return) from work, we already (to do) our homework. 9. When the teacher (to enter) the classroom, the students already (to open) their books. 10. Kate (to give) me the book which she (to buy) the day before. 11. Nick (to show) the teacher the picture which he (to draw). 12. The boy (to give) the goats the grass which he (to bring) from the field. 13. Mother (to see) that Nick (not to wash) his hands. 14. The teacher (to understand) that Emily (not to do) her homework. 15. I (to know) that my friend (not yet to come). 16. When I (to wake) up yesterday, father already (to go) to work. 17. Jack (to think) that his father (not yet to come) home. 18. Mary (to tell) us that she (to cook) a good dinner. 19. Yesterday I (to find) the book which I (to lose) in summer. 20. When we (to come) to the station, the train already (to leave).