Underline the verbs and arrange them in two columns, Past and Earlier past.
(a) My friends set out to see the caves in the next town, but I stayed at home, because I had seen them already.
(b) When they arrived at the station, their train had left. They came back home, but by that time I had gone out to see a movie!
(c) So they sat outside and ate the lunch I had packed for them.
(d) By the time I returned, they had fallen asleep!
Past | Earlier past |
(i) stayed | (i) had seen |
(ii) arrived | (ii) had left |
(iii) came | (iii) had gone |
(iv) sat | (iv) had packed |
(v) ate | (v) had fallen |
(vi) returned |