Exercise 11.3 Use the sentences on the left to complete the paragraphs on the right. These sentences are in the order in which they happened - so (1) happened before (2), (2) before (3) etc. But your paragraph begins with the underlined sentence, so sometimes you need the past perfect. 1. (1) Somebody broke into the office during
the night.
(2) We arrived at work in the morning.
(3) We called the police
We arrived at work in the morning and found
that somebody had broken into the office
during the night. So we ---
2. (1) Ann went out.
(2) I tried to phone her this morning.
(3) There was no answer.
I tried to phone Ann this morning but --- no
answer. She --- out.
3. (1) Jim came back from holiday a few days
ago.
(2) _I met him the same day.
(3) He looked very well.
I met Jim a few days ago. He ----just ---------.
He ---------.
4. (1) Kevin wrote to Sally many times.
(2) She never replied to his letters.
(3) _Yesterday he had a phone call from her.
(4) He was very surprised.
Yesterday Kevin ------. He ------ very
surprised. He --- -----many times but she -----.
Exercise 11.4 Put the verb into the correct form, past perfect (I had done etc.) or past simple (I did etc.). 1. 'Was Tom at the party when you arrived?' 'No, he had gone (go) home.'
2. I felt very tire when I got home, so I --- (go) straight to bed.
3. The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody --- (go) to bed.
4. Sorry I'm late. The car --- (break) down on my way here.
5. We were driving along the road when we --- (see) a car which. --- (break) down, so we ---
(stop) to see if we could help.