Question

Complete the sentences with the correct Past Simple or Past Perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
1. Dave suddenly _________ (remember) that he _______(not lock) his apartment.
2. When the police ________ (arrive) at the house, the burglar______(disappear).
3. The police ______ (arrest) a man after they _____ (search) his apartment.
4. Julie _____ (not recognise) the suspect because he _______ (grow) a beard.
5. Sophie _______ (feel) nervous because she _______ (not appear) in court before.
6. The crime scene ______ (be) covered in wáter. What ______ (happen)?
7. When she ___________ (get) home, the police ________ (already/call) her three times.
8. They ______(live) there for many years before they _______ (find out) the terrible truth.

Answer 1

Respuesta:

1) rembered // hadn't locked

2) arrived // had disappeared

3) arrested // had searched

4) didn't recognise // had grown

5) felt // hadn't appeared

6) was // had happened

7) got //  had already called

8) had lived // found out

Explicación:

Para este tipo de ejercicios es necesario que consideres dos cosas:

1. Lee con atención las oraciones, que siempre tienen dos partes. Fíjate en ambas partes, y observa cuál de las dos ocurrió antes. La que ocurrió antes va con Past Perfect; la que ocurrió después, con Past Simple
2. El Past Perfect es muy sencillo: HAD + Verbo en Past Participle. En cuanto al Past Simple, en su mayoría es regular (1, 2) o irregular (6,7) ten cuidado en oraciones como (4), porque ahí hay un "didn't" que ya está en pasado, y por lo tanto el verbo después va en forma base DID + Verbo en Present Simple