Question

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

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.

Answer 1

Came.

Had already

Saw

Found

Didn't find

Told

Reached

Had already finished

Cooked

Reached

Answer 2

i) By the time i came out of the theater my brother had left already.

ii) Rakesh had seen the film before, so he found it very boring.

iii) He didn't find the joke interesting because someone had told him earlier.

iv) when he reached the class, the teacher had already finished the lesson on tenses. (similar to (i) )

v) My mother had cooked the lunch when i reached home after school.