Past Perfect

FORM
[had + past participle]
Examples:
You had studied English before you moved to New York.
Had you studied English before you moved to New York?
You had not studied English before you moved to New York.

The Past Perfect expresses the idea that something occurred before
another action in the past. It can also show that something happened
before a specific time in the past.
Examples:

I had never seen such a beautiful beach before I went to Kauai.

I did not have any money because I had lost my wallet.
Tony knew Istanbul so well because he had visited the city
several times.
Had Susan ever studied Thai before she moved to Thailand?
She only understood the movie because she had read the book.
Kristine had never been to an opera before last night.
A: Had you ever visited the U.S. before your trip in 2006?
B: Yes, I had been to the U.S. once before.

Past Perfect - Positive and Negative

Make the positive or negative past perfect simple

1) When I arrived at the cinema, the film ____had started___ (start)..

2) She _had lived_ (live) in China before she went to Thailand..
3) After they__had eaten__(eat) the shellfish, they began to feel sick..
4) If you__had listenned__(listen) to me, you would have got the job..
5) Julie didnt arrive until after I __had left__ (leave).
6) When we had finished (finish) dinner, we went out..
7) The garden was dead because it had been (be) dry all summer.
8) He had met (meet) her somewhere before.
9) We were late for the plane because we had forgotten (forget) our passports.
10) She told me she had studied (study) a lot before the exam.
11) The grass was yellow because it hadnt rained (not/rain) all summer.
12) The lights went off because we hadnt paid (not/pay) the electricity bill.
13) The children hadnt done (not/do) their homework, so they were in trouble.

14) They hadnt eaten (not/eat) so we went to a restaurant..

15) We couldnt go into the concert because we hadnt brought (not/bring) our
tickets.

The Canterville Ghost

Chapter III
The ghost did not appear for the rest of the week. The only strange

thing that happened was the blood-stain, which they found on the
library-floor every morning. It was also quite strange that the color
of the stain changed from time to time. Some mornings it was red,
then brown or purple, or even green. These changes amused the
family very much, and bets on the color were made every evening.
The only person who did not enter into the joke was Virginia. For
some unexplained reason, she was rather annoyed at the sight of
the blood-stain, and nearly cried the morning it was green.
The second appearance of the ghost was on Sunday night. Shortly
after the family had gone to bed they heard a fearful crash in the
hall. A suit of armor had fallen on the floor and in a chair sat the
Canterville ghost and rubbed his knees, which seemed to hurt.
When the twins started shooting peas at him with their peashooters, the ghost stood up with an angry growl and passed
through them like a mist. He also blew out the candle, leaving
them all in total darkness. On top of the stairs the ghost turned
around and, in order to frighten the Otis boys, laughed his most
horrible laugh. Just then, a door opened and Mrs. Otis came out of
her bedroom. I am afraid you are not well, she said, I have
therefore brought you this bottle of medicine. The ghost looked at
her furiously, and then he disappeared.
When he reached his room, he was completely exhausted. This
American family was extremely annoying. But what annoyed him
most was that he had not been able to wear the suit of armor. The
weight of it had made him fall and hurt his knees.
For some days after this the ghost only left his room to renew the
blood-stain. However, on Friday, the 17th of August, he tried to
frighten the Otis family again. At half-past ten the family went to
bed. For some time the ghost heard the twins laugh, but at a
quarter past eleven all was still. So, at midnight he left his secret
chamber and glided through the corridors, when suddenly, behind
one corner, a horrible ghost stood right in front of him. As the
Canterville ghost had never seen another ghost before, he was
terribly frightened. He quickly hurried back to his room. But then
he thought that he should go and speak to the other ghost. After
all, two ghosts were better than one, and his new friend might help

him to frighten the twins. However, when he came back to the

spot, he found that this 'other ghost' was not real, but only a white
sheet which the twins had hung there to play a trick on him. Very
upset the Canterville ghost went back to his chamber.

1.- When he tried to frighten the Otis family again

2.- What the bottle that mrs Otis had brought contained?
3.- how was the ghost went back to his chamber?