Ex. 26 Use the Past Perfect Tense

Because I had heard it before.

I didn't listen to that play on the radio because I had heard it before.

1. Why didn't you see Fred when you came to Moscow? (leave)

2. Why didn't Kate want to go to the cinema? (see the film)

3. Why didn't you tell him my new address? (forget)

4. What did Jeff hear about Kate's examination? (pass)

5. Why did Fred come home so soon from his holiday? (spend all the money)

6. Why couldn't you get into your flat at once? (lose the key)

7. What did you learn about Bob? (get married)

8. What did she read in the newspaper about the expedition? (return)

9. What did he learn about Helen from the letter he received? (be ill for a month)

1. Why didn’t you see Fred when you came to Moscow? Because he had left before I came.

2. Why didn’t Kate want to go to the cinema? Because she had seen the film.

3. Why didn’t you tell him my new address? Because I had forgotten it.

4. What did Jeff hear about Kate’s examination? He heard that she had passed it.

5. Why did Fred come home so soon from his holiday? Because he had spent all the money.

6. Why couldn’t you get into your flat at once? Because I had lost the key.

7. What did you learn about Bob? I leart that he had got married.

8. What did she read in the newspaper about the expedition? She read that it had returned.

9. What did he learn about Helen from the letter he received? He learnt that she had been ill for a month.