Insert the verbs in the Past Perfect tense. (Вставьте глаголы в PastPerfect.) 1. Jill was afraid she...

To complete the sentences with the verbs in the Past Perfect tense, consider the structure of the Past Perfect, which is formed using "had" followed by the past participle of the verb. Here are the sentences completed appropriately:

1. Jill was afraid she had forgotten her key at home, but she found it in her handbag.

   • "Forget" becomes "had forgotten" in the Past Perfect.

2. Dad wasn’t at home when I came back. He had gone out twenty minutes before.

   • "Go" becomes "had gone" in the Past Perfect.

3. I wasn’t hungry because I had just had breakfast.

   • "Have" becomes "had had" in the Past Perfect. "Just" is used to indicate the immediacy of the action.

4. Peter saw an urgent message on his table. Somebody had left it the day before.

   • "Leave" becomes "had left" in the Past Perfect.

5. I apologized I had not phoned her.

   • "Phone" becomes "had not phoned" in the Past Perfect.

6. He told me that he had come back a fortnight before.

   • "Come back" becomes "had come back" in the Past Perfect.

7. I knew him at once though I had met him many years before.

   • "Meet" becomes "had met" in the Past Perfect.

8. We spent the night in Klin, a town we had often heard of but had never seen.

   • "Hear of" becomes "had often heard of" and "see" becomes "had never seen" in the Past Perfect.

9. They couldn’t believe he had given up his job in the bank. He had made a good living there.

   • "Give up" becomes "had given up" and "make" becomes "had made" in the Past Perfect.

10. Mr. Jackson said that he had already bought everything for lunch.

    • "Buy" becomes "had already bought" in the Past Perfect. "Already" is used to indicate completion.

11. Alice asked her brother where he had arranged to meet his friends.

    • "Arrange" becomes "had arranged" in the Past Perfect.

12. We had no car at that time because we had sold our old one.

    • "Sell" becomes "had sold" in the Past Perfect.

13. They had finished painting the ceiling by two o’clock.

    • "Finish" becomes "had finished" in the Past Perfect.

The Past Perfect tense is used to indicate that an action was completed before another action or point in time in the past. Each sentence here provides context where one action clearly occurred before another past event, justifying the use of the Past Perfect tense.

1. Jill was afraid she had forgotten her key at home, but she found it in her handbag.

2. Dad wasn’t at home when I came back. He had gone out twenty minutes before.

3. I wasn’t hungry because I had just had breakfast.

4. Peter saw an urgent message on his table. Somebody had left it the day before.

5. I apologized I had not phoned her.

6. He told me that he had come back a fortnight before.

7. I knew him at once though I had met him many years before.

8. We spent the night in Klin, a town we had often heard of but had never seen.

9. They couldn’t believe he had given up his job in the bank. He had made a good living there.

10. Mr. Jackson said that he had already bought everything for lunch.

11. Alice asked her brother where he had arranged to meet his friends.

12. We had no car at that time because we had sold our old one.

13. They had finished painting the ceiling by two o’clock.