Поставьте глаголы в скобках в правильную форму, past perfect or рast indefinite. 1. “was tom at the party when you arrived? ” “no, he (go) home” 2. i felt very tired when i got home, so i (go) straight to bed. 3. the house was very quiet when i got home. everybody (go) to bed. 4. sorry i'm late. the car (break) down on my way here. 5. we were driving along the road when we (see) a car which (break) down, so we (stop) to see if we could help.
1. No, he (was at) home”
2. I felt very tired when I got home, so I (went) straight to bed.
3. Everybody (had gone) to bed.
4. The car (broke) down on my way here.
5. We were driving along the road when we (saw) a car which (had broken) down, so we (stopped) to see if we could help.
Explanation: In this sentence, we are talking about a past event that happened before another past event. Tom had already gone home before the arrival mentioned in the question.
2. I felt very tired when I got home, so I went straight to bed.
Explanation: Here, the action of feeling tired and going to bed happened in the past, but there is no indication of a past event that happened before this action. Therefore, we use the past indefinite form.
3. The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody had gone to bed.
Explanation: The quietness of the house is stated as a fact in the past. The action of everybody going to bed happened before the arrival mentioned in the sentence. Therefore, we use the past perfect form.
4. Sorry I'm late. The car had broken down on my way here.
Explanation: The action of the car breaking down happened before the speaker's arrival, which caused them to be late. Therefore, we use the past perfect form.
5. We were driving along the road when we saw a car which had broken down, so we stopped to see if we could help.
Explanation: We are talking about two past events that happened in sequence. First, we saw a car that had already broken down, and then we stopped to see if we could help. Therefore, we use the past perfect form for the action of the car breaking down and the past indefinite form for the action of seeing and stopping.
I hope this detailed explanation helps you understand the use of past perfect and past indefinite forms in these sentences. Let me know if you have any further questions!