Lesson 5: We couldn’t get a room because we hadn’t booked

Match the sentence halves.

1. (h) We couldn’t get a room because we hadn’t booked.
2. (b) I couldn’t board the place because I had lost my boarding card.
3. (g) She was nervous on the plane because she hadn’t flown before.
4. (d) The airline company gave me a new suitcase because mine had been damaged on the plane.
5. (a) I didn’t go on the excursion to Khor Al Zubeir in Basra because I had already been there twice.
6. (e) We complained to the manager because our room hadn’t been cleaned.
7. (c) We couldn’t hire a car because we’d left our driving licences behind.
8. (f) I didn’t recognize the place because it had changed so much.

Past Perfect Simple ماضي تام بسيط

.When it was time to go, I still hadn’t found my passport

?Had you travelled abroad before or was last week trip your first

نستخدم الماضي التام البسيط عندما يكون هناك (فعلان) أو أكثر في الماضي في الجملة.

1. الفعل الأول والأقدم من حيث الحصول يكون بزمن الماضي التام البسيط.
2. الفعل الثاني والأحدث من حيث الحصول يكون بزمن الماضي البسيط.

.We had to buy new clothes because the airline had lost our baggage

.I was waiting in the check-in line when I realized I had forgotten my passport

B. Put the verbs in the past simple or past perfect.

• I grew up in a small Turkish fishing village called Side. I left Side 20 years ago.
• Last week, I went back there for the first time. It had changed beyond recognition.
• It wasn’t (not be) a village anymore. It had grown (grow) into a big tourist resort.
• They had built (build) apartment blocks and hotels everywhere.
• I looked (look) so modern. They had made (make) a big road along the seafront.
• They had closed (close) my old primary school and now it was (be) a hotel.
• My favorite café had become (become) a souvenir shop for tourists. The market had moved (move) from the main square to an area near the bus station.
• They hadn't planted (not plant) any trees in the new marketplace so there was (be) no shade to sit in.

1. After we (speak) to the teacher, we left the classroom.
After we had spoken to the teacher, we left the classroom.
2. A thief got into their house because they (haven’t locked / hadn’t locked) the door properly.
3. When we got to the cinema, the film (has / had) started.
4. I couldn’t board the plane because I ………… (lose) my boarding card.
I couldn’t board the plane because I had lost my boarding card.
5. I ………. (lock) the door before I left the house. (Use past perfect or past simple)
I had locked the door before I left the house.
6. He couldn’t recognize the place because it (changed / had changed) a lot.
7. I visited my birthplace town and it (changed) a lot.
I visited my birthplace town and it had changed a lot.
8. The wedding went well because they (organize) everything very carefully.
They wedding went well because they had organized everything very carefully.
9. When I entered the classroom, the teacher (start) the lesson (Use past simple or past perfect)
When I entered the classroom, the teacher had started the lesson.
10. I’ve woken up really late this morning and I was late for school. (Correct the sentence)
I woke up really late this morning and I was late for school.