Question

ExerciseInstructions: Fill in the blanks with the past perfect tense of the verb in parentheses.


Example: When we read about the Titanic, the story was not new to me because I had seen the movie.
1. The captain of the Titanic (make)-------------- a serious mistake when he didn't listen to the warnings.
2. When the Titanic disaster occurred, how much experience (the captain/have)--------?
3. I didn't realize that airplanes (passive: invent)---------- by the time of the Titanic.
4. In 1912, World War I (not/yet/begin) ------------------.
5. The story about the Titanic was new to me because I (never/read)-------- an article about it before.
6. (you/already/hear)--------------this story before we read about it in class?
7. How many lifeboats (have/the Titanic/originally) ----------------?
8. Why (they/passive: remove) --------------?

Answer 1

Para completar las oraciones se debe colocar el verbo en pasado perfecto (past perfect) de la siguiente manera:

1. The captain of the Titanic had made a serious mistake when he didn't listen to the warnings.
2. When the Titanic disaster occurred, how much experience had the captain had?
3. I didn't realize that airplanes had invented by the time of the Titanic.
4. In 1912, World War I hadn't begun yet.
5. The story about the Titanic was new to me because I had never read an article about it before.
6. Had you already heard this story before we read about it in class
7. How many lifeboats had the Titanic had originally?
8. Why had they removed?

Estructura de las oraciones en past perfect

Afirmativa

Sujeto + had + pasado participio + complemento

Negativa

Sujeto + hadn't + verbo en participio + complemento

Interrogativa

Had + sujeto / pronombre + verbo participio + complemento?

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