II Cuat/Sistemas/TM/THE PAST PERFECT

1. Complete the following text with simple past or past perfect.

I can't believe I........... (get) that apartment. I...... (submit) my application last week, but I didn't think I had a chance of actually getting it. When I......... (show) up to take a look around, there were at least twenty other people who............ (arrive) before me. Most of them......... (fill, already) out their applications and were already leaving. The landlord said I could still apply, so I did.

I......... (try) to fill out the form, but I couldn't answer half of the questions. They (want) me to include references, but I didn't want to list my previous landlord because I....... (have) some problems with him in the past and I knew he wouldn't recommend me. I.......... (end) up listing my father as a reference.

It was total luck that he........ (decide) to give me the apartment. It turns out that the landlord and my father..........(go) to high school together. He decided that I could have the apartment before he....... (look) at my credit report. I really lucked out!


2. Complete the following sentences with simple past, present perfect or past perfect.

1. When I.... (arrive) home last night, I discovered that Jane......... (prepare) a beautiful candlelight dinner.

2. Since I began acting, I............ (perform) in two plays, a television commercial and a TV drama. However, I.......... (speak, never even) publicly before I came to Hollywood in 1985.

3. By the time I got to the office, the meeting.......... (begin, already) without me. My boss.......... (be) furious with me and I........... (be) fired.

4. When I........ (turn) the radio on yesterday, I..........(hear) a song that was popular when I was in high school. I............ (hear, not) the song in years, and it........... (bring) back some great memories.

5. Last week, I .........(run) into an ex-girlfriend of mine. We.......... (see, not) each other in years, and both of us .......(change) a great deal. I.......... (enjoy) talking to her so much that I........ (ask) her out on a date. We are getting together tonight for dinner.

6. When Jack.......... (enter) the room, I........... (recognize, not) him because he ...........(lose) so much weight and...... (grow) a beard. He looked totally different!

7. The Maya established a very advanced civilization in the jungles of the Yucatan; however, their culture......... (disappear, virtually) by the time Europeans first .............(arrive) in the New World.

8. I.......... (visit) so many beautiful places since I....... (come) to Utah. Before moving here, I (hear, never) of Bryce Canyon, Zion, Arches, or Canyonlands.