Complete the following sentences with the correct Past Tenses. a. They___(ALREADYLEAVE) the village before the sun___(RISE).
b. As soon as she(FINISH) cleaning the floors she(START)
gardening.
c. After(POST) the letter I(REALISE)I__(WRITE) the wrong address.
d. We___(DRIVE) for two hours when we saw the hotel.
e. When I___(GET) home last night my family___(ALREADY GO) to bed.
f. When I___(ARRIVE) home I(SEE) that someone___(BREAK) into my house.
g. They___(WATCH) TV when the earthquake occurred.
h. I(LOOK) out of the window last night because I___(HEAR) some noises.
To form the past perfect tense, we use had + past participle. In this sentence, the past participle of "leave" is "left". The action of leaving the village happened before the action of the sun rising.
b. As soon as she finished cleaning the floors, she started gardening.
In this sentence, both actions happened in the past. The action of cleaning the floors happened first, indicated by the past simple tense "finished". Then, the action of starting gardening followed.
c. After posting the letter, I realized I had written the wrong address.
The action of posting the letter happened first, indicated by the past simple tense "posted". The action of realizing the mistake happened after, indicated by the past perfect tense "had written". The past participle of "write" is "written".
d. We had been driving for two hours when we saw the hotel.
The past perfect continuous tense is used to indicate an action that started in the past and continued up until another point in the past. In this sentence, the action of driving started before, indicated by the past perfect continuous tense "had been driving". The action of seeing the hotel happened later.
e. When I got home last night, my family had already gone to bed.
The action of getting home happened first, indicated by the past simple tense "got". The action of the family going to bed happened before, indicated by the past perfect tense "had gone". The past participle of "go" is "gone".
f. When I arrived home, I saw that someone had broken into my house.
The action of arriving home happened first, indicated by the past simple tense "arrived". The action of seeing the break-in happened after, indicated by the past perfect tense "had broken". The past participle of "break" is "broken".
g. They were watching TV when the earthquake occurred.
The past continuous tense is used to indicate an ongoing action that happened in the past. In this sentence, the action of watching TV was ongoing when the earthquake happened.
h. I looked out of the window last night because I heard some noises.
The action of hearing the noises happened first, indicated by the past simple tense "heard". The action of looking out of the window happened after, indicated by the past simple tense "looked".