Past Perfect 1

Task: write the sentences, putting one verb in each sentence into the past simple, and the other verb ino the past perfect.

1. When the police (arrive), the car (go). The answer: When the police arrived, the car had gone.

2. When I (get) to the shop, it (close).

3. They (eat) everything by the time I (arrive) at the party.

4. When we (leave) the beach, the rain (already start).

5. I (try) telephoning her several times but she (leave the country).

6. When I (find) my purse, someone (take) the money out of it.

7. The car (go) hen I (look) into the street.

8. The patient (already die) by the time I (see) her.

9. All the garages (close) by the time we (cross) the border.

10. You (already leave) when the trouble (start).

11. The post (not arrive) when I (leave) the house this morning.

12. By the time I (get) into the town, the shops (close).