8 - Grammar - Past Perfect
Exercise
4
Compare these sentence pairs. In each sentence, underline what happened first. Which sentences are true for you?
Solution
- a) When I got home yesterday, my mum had made dinner. b) When I got home yesterday, my mum made dinner.
- a) When I got to school this morning, I had breakfast. b) When I got to school this morning, I’d had breakfast.
- a) This lesson started when I arrived. b) This lesson had started when I arrived.
- a) When the lesson began, I read about Muamba. b) When the lesson began, I had read about Muamba.