Question

1. choose the appropriate tense-forms: the past perfect simple, past perfectcontinuous or past simple. 1. he turned off the electric light. it had been burning/had burnt allnight.2. nobody bothered to inform me that the school decided/had decidedto have a special holiday that friday.3. paul offered/had offered me another drink but i decided i drank/had drunk enough.4. i knew i did/had done well in my exams even before i received theofficial results.5.1 saw/had seen right away it was the place i looked/had looked /hadbeen looking for all my life.6. as soon as he raised his eyes i knew/had known that we met/hadmet before.7. excuse me, i had ordered/ordered a coffee half an hour ago. is itready yet? 8. she finished/had finished most of the work by the time her boss arrived.

Answer 1

1. He turned off the electric light. It had been burning all night.
2. Nobody bothered to inform me that the school had decidedto have a special holiday that Friday.
3. Paul offered me another drink but I decided I had drunk enough.
4. I knew I had done well in my exams even before I received the official results.
5.1 saw right away it was the place I had been looking for all my life
.6. As soon as he raised his eyes I knew that we had met before.
7. Excuse me, I ordered a coffee half an hour ago. Is it ready yet?
8. She had finished most of the work by the time her boss arrived.