MEKNES ENGLISH CORNER

                                                                                                        Mr..BEN ABBOU

A-THE PAST PERFECT VS. THE PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS:

II-EXAMPLES:

1-After the scientist had finished the lecture, he flew to Tangier.

2-Adib had bought a  new car before he got his driving licence.

3-Once Ilham had read the advert about the job, she went to the Office of Admission.

4-Jane had done her homework before she went out.

5-When he arrived to the airport, there was no plane. It had already taken off.

6-She didn’t go to bed until she had set her alarm clock.

7-The fire had already spread to the neighbouring houses when the fire brigade arrived.

8-Mounia and Jamal had been e-mailing each other before they got married.

10-Jim had been studying computer science for three years before he graduated.

III-EXERCISE: -PUT THE VERBS BETWEEN BRACKETS IN THE CORRECT TENSE:  SIMPLE PAST OR PAST PERFECT.

   1-When I (arrive)  yesterday morning, Merriam (leave/already)  to Rabat.

   2-Bill was in uniform when I saw him. He (serve)  as a soldier for 10 years.

   3-Ann (die) . She (live)  in a cottage for sixty years.

   4-Last year there (be)  some rain in Morocco. Before that the country (suffer)  from serious droughts.

   5-America  Iraq , its people (enjoy)  an economic prosperity.

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