Question

Put the verbs into the correct form, past perfect or simple past: 10

i By the time I ……………..(come) out of the theatre my brother ………… (leave,

already)

By the time I came out of the theatre my brother had left already.

ii Rakesh …………(see) the film before, so he …………(find) it very boring.

iii He …………(not find) the joke interesting because someone …………(tell) him

earlier.

iv When he …………(reach) the class, the teacher …………(finish, already) the

lesson on tenses.

v My mother …………(cook) lunch when I …………(reach) home after school.

vi I ………(invite) my cousin to dinner last night but he ………….(say) ‘no’

because he had decided to watch a film.

Answer 1

1) By the time I came out of the theatre my brother left already.   2) Rakesh seen the film before, so he found it very boring.   3) He not found the joke interesting because someone told him.  4) when he reached the class,teacher already finished the lesson on tenses.  5 )My mother cooked lunch when I reached home after school.   6) I invited my cousins to dinner last night but he said no.