Week 8

Grammar

Past Perfect
-revision-

1. Use the verbs in brackets in the Pat Perfect Simple and then translate the sentences into Romanian:

1. His grandmother died after she ................. ( to be) ill for three years.
2. I thanked her for what she .................. (to say) about my paintings.
3. My cousin .................... (not to see) me for a long time when I met him three days ago.
4. After the guests ................... ( to leave), we went to bed.
5. She answered my question after I ................. ( to repeat) it three times.
6. He was so sorry that he ................ ( to hurt) her.
7. No sooner Jack ................ (to remember) her phone number than he tried to call her up.
8. The beggar was looking at the loaf of bread as if he .................... ( not to eat) for a long time.
9. If we ....................... (to know) her address, we would have certainly paid her a visit.
10. Within a week she knew the fearful mistake she .............. ( to make).
11. About ten people already ................ ( to arrive) when she entered the room.
12. There was something familiar about his face but she couldn’t remember where she ........... ( to see) him before.
13. As soon as the doctor ............... ( to leave), the sick woman wanted to see him again.
14. The policeman wanted to know why she ................ ( to come) there.
15. I wished I ................ ( not to meet) that girl before.
16. I explained to him that I would help him with those exercises after I ..................... ( to finish) my homework.
17. She was looking at us as if she .............. ( not recognized) us.
18. When stone axes were in use, metal .................. ( not to be) discovered yet.
20. The lights hardly ................. ( to go out) when a strange noise was heard.

2. Use the verbs in brackets in the Past Tense Simple or Past Perfect Simple according to the meaning:

1. Yesterday morning she ............... ( to leave) the house in a hurry, but she .................... (not to go) far before she
....................... ( to discover) that it ...................... ( to be) going to rain and she ........................ ( to leave) her umbrella
at home.

2. She accordingly …………. ( to go) back to fetch it, but her mother …………… ( to tell) her that her brother
………………… ( to take) it a few minutes before.

3. The discovery of the art of writing ………….. ( to enable) the ancient Egyptians to remember what their ancestors
……………….. ( to do) before them.

4. It …………. ( to be) difficult to know an exact date in ancient times, because the calendar not yet ……… ( to be)
fixed.

5. If this car …………….. ( not to break) down, he would have caught the train.

6. When William …………. ( to stamp) and …… ( to seal) the envelope, he ……. ( to go) back to the window and
……….. ( to draw) a long breath.

7. The Browns …………. ( to finish) packing by 5 o’clock.

8. More than a year ………. ( to pass) since he first ……….. ( to think) of this idea.

9. They wished they ……………. ( not to be) met there by their neighbours.
10. She no sooner …………… ( to reach) the door when she ……….. ( to remember) about the book.

3. Translate:

A. 1. Paul m-a întrebat de ce am ajuns acolo așa de târziu.

2. A vrut să știe ce țări străine am vizitat.
3. Maggie se întreba unde și-a lăsat umbrela.
4. Când profesoara l-a întrebat pe George de ce nu și-a scris exercițiul, el i-a explicat că a fost bolnav.
5. De-abia au ajuns la cabană, că s-a și făcut întuneric.
6. Dacă îi știam adresa, îi scriam o scrisoare lungă despre cele întâmplate aici.

B.* ,, Abia rosti Murgul vorba, abia fu Petru gata cu cununa, până ce și începu un vânt ușor din toate părțile.... Din vânt
se făcu vifor .... Viforul crescu, crescu până ce nu se văzu alta decât întuneric și noapte... și iară numai noapte și întuneric
... Lui Petru îi părea acum că a luat cineva lumea în spate și a încărcat-o la fugă cu ea, așa se cutremura pământul sub
el.’’
( Ioan Slavici, Zâna Zorilor)

C*. Cincizeci de ani de când împăratul purta război c-un vecin al lui. Murise vecinul și lăsase de moștenire fiilor și
nepoților ura și vrajba de sânge. Cincizeci de ani, și numai împăratul trăia singur, ca un leu îmbătrânit... împărat ce-n
viața lui nu râsese niciodată, care nu zâmbea nici la cântecul nevinovat al copilului ...’’
(Mihai Eminescu, Făt-Frumos- din- lacrimă)