Question

Exercise 6
tense :
1.
2.
3.
Change the verbs in the brackets to the past perfect, past simple or the past perfect

1..She (cook) the meal for over an hour when we arrive) at the house.
2...I (discuss) the matter with my headmaster before I (write) to my father.
3..She (study) French for two years when she (go) to Paris.
4. By ten o'clock the players (play) for three hours.
5..He (say) that the window (be broken) while he was on holiday.
6. My English teacher (give) me a good report last term.
7..The fire already (destroy) much of the building when the firemen (arrive).
8..It (be rumoured) that a Member of Parliament (be shot).
9..The water (boil) for ten minutes when the cook (pour) it on the tea leaves.
10...The little girl (cry) because somebody (snatch) her chocolate.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1) cooked

2) will discuss, writing

3) had studied, went