Past perfect simp! Past perfect simple ‘Affirmative: we use had + pos! participle. By the time the police artived, the thief had escaped through the window. Negative: we use hadn't + past pattciple. Afer he left the house, he realized he hadh’t switched off the television 1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the past perfect. 1 Jane looked terrified. She looked as if she (ust / see) a ghost. 2 Paul felt shy. He ... Clare before. (not meet) 3 When they arrived they were very wet. They their umbrellas. .. (forgot) to bring 4 John felt really tired all day. He (go) to bed very late the night before. 5 I didn't recognize Lisa at first. I - (not see) her for five years. 6 Tim was excited. He ..... London before. (not be) to 7 When we got to the bus station the bus (already leave). 8 [had to lend Mandy some money last night. She .. with her, (not bring) her purse | Past simple ‘We use the past simple fo talk about a finished ‘ction in the past | Tina went to the party lastnight. Past perfect simple We use the past perfect simple fo talk about an action that happened before another action in the past. By the time Tina ars al the party, Mork had lef E> EES 2 Choose the correct tenses. 1 Paul was upset. He argued / had argued with his girlfriend the previous night. 2 ‘Tom didnt go / hadn't gone to the cinema. Held already seen the film. 3 When he spoke / had spoken to her, she remembered shetd met him before. 4 I didn’t have to tidy my room, because my mother had already done it / already did it 5 By the time I got to Rick’s, he had finished / finished surfing the Internet. 3 Complete the text. Use the correct form of the past perfect simple or past simple. ‘The meeting Tewas (be) 11.15 p.m. when Michael walked into (walk into) the-Blue Parrot café, He was late for the meeting, but luckily nobody had arrived (arrive) before him. Michael * (feel) nervous. | “Have I forgotten anything” he asked himself He thought back to that morning. He 0 (phone) Mr Dellagio before picking up the money from the bank. At the bank he *... .- (count) the £100,000 in the briefcase, then he s+ (go) home and waited for instructions. They (phone) him at 5.00 p.m. and ) had arranged to meet at the Blue Parrot café at 11.00 p.m. \ A few minutes later he °. ) ( \ } \ ( see (00k) ov (already / be) (still / not at his watch. It’. 11.30 p.m. and they ® arrive). Michael ® . (look out) of the café window. A car ®. Gust / stop) outside and two men in grey overcoats, ‘were getting out. It wasn’t them. He a (not recognize) anyone. \ _Sueidenty he * (hear) footsteps } behind him. ‘Put your hands in the air and move | away from the briefcase,’ said a strange voice. © Oxford University Press ROR OOOO RR URRRnernne erm ee em