Question

4. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Perfect or the Past Indefinite.

He (be) ____ a newspaper reporter before he (become) _____ a businessman.

I (feel) _____ a little better after I (take) _____ the medicine.

I was late. The teacher (give, already) a quiz when I (get) _____ to class.

The anthropologist (leave) _____ the village when she (collect) _____ enough data.

It was raining hard, but by the time class (be) _____ over, the rain (stop) _____.

Millions of years ago, dinosaurs (roam) _____ the earth, but they (become) _____ extinct by the time humankind first (appear) _____.

I (see, never) _____ any of Picasso's paintings before I (visit) _____ the art museum.

I almost missed my plane. All of the other passengers (board, already) _____ by the time I (get) _____ there.

Yesterday at a restaurant, I (see) _____ Pam Donnelly, an old friend of mine. I (see, not) _____ her in years. At first, I (recognize, not) _____ her because she (lose) _____ at least fifty pounds.

10. We were driving along the road when we (see) _____ a car which (break)

_____ down, so we (stop) _____ to see if we could help.

Answer 1

1. had been, became

2. felt, had taken

3. had already given, got

4. left, had collected

5. was, had stopped

6. roamed,had become, appeared

7. had never seen, visited

8. had already boarded, got

9. saw, hadn'seen, didn't recognized, had lost

10.saw, had broken, stopped