Question

Complete the sentences with the Past simple or Past perfect form of the verbs. 2 By the time I.... (get) to school, the lesson.. (start).
3 When I.... (arrive) at the cinema l.... (see) a long queue of people. Some of them....(be) there for hours and others....(just/arrive).
4 I... (meet) James two years before, but I....(not/recognise) him when he ...(speak) to me.
5 After she .... (finish) her homework, she (watch) TV.
6 We....(just/open) the window when a bird (fly) into the room​

Answer 1

Respuesta:

2. By the time I got to school, the lesson had already started.

3. When I arrived at the cinema l saw a long queue of people. Some of them were there for hours and others had just arrived.

4 I met James two years before, but I had not recognized him when he spoke to me.

5 After she had finished her homework, she  watched TV.

6 We. had just opened the window when a bird flew into the room​.

Explicación:

*La idea aquí es definir cual de las partes inició mas temprano que la otra.

Es decir, que la que iniciò primero va con past perfect.

En cambio, la que le interrumple o inicia después , esta van con simple past.

*Cuando usamos By the time, es generalmente con simple past, ya que es un punto pasado del tiempo, esta actividad interrumpe, algo que ya ha iniciado. Por lo tanto, la segunda parte es la actividad que inició mucho más antes.

*Expresiones como el When, generalmente es con simple past.