Classroom Assignment: 61 | BBC Compacta Solution For Class 8 PDF Download

(A) Using the given words, make meaningful sentences in the Past Perfect Tense.

Ans 1. It had not happened before.

Ans 2. Mr Smith had just stepped out into the street when it started raining.

Ans 3. Have you renewed your membership before it expired?

Ans 4. I had switched off the television before Dad came in.

Ans 5. By the time the police arrived, the thief had already disappeared.

(B) Fill in the blanks correctly with the Past Perfect or Past Simple forms of the verbs in the brackets.

Ans 1. had been; met

Ans 2. had stood; crashed

Ans 3. had died; died; born

Ans 4. indicated; had come

Ans 5. had sung; sat

Ans 6. refused; had seen

Ans 7. had just joined; got

Ans 8. had already left; reached

(C) Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one using Past Perfect/ Past Simple tense. You may have to make some other changes, too.

Ans 1. The birds had returned to their nests before the sun set.

Ans 2. By the time the fire tender arrived, the fire had been put out.

Ans 3. All the forms had already been sold before I reached there.

Ans 4. All the students had left before the announcement was made.

Ans 5. I had completed my call when the battery of my cell phone died.