1. Choisissez la réponse qui convient:

1. He saw her and then ---- that it was the first time he ---- anyone like her.

a) realized ... met b) had realized ... had met

c) had realized ... met d) realized ... had met

2. There he was at last with the woman he ---- forward to meeting.

a) had looked b) looked c) has looked

3. She said that he ---- the day before.

a) had arrived b) has arrived c) arrived

4. Once he ---- her, she ---- for joy and then forgot about it all.

a) left ... wept b) had left... wept c) left... had wept

2. Complétez avec le prétérit ou le pluperfect:

Miss Duncan, a woman of 40, living alone in a comfortable flat, (be missing) for some months when the police (be eventually contacted) by her doctor after she (miss) several appointments with him. Two days later two policeman (visit) the flat with a spare key obtained from her cleaner who (not / hear) from her for weeks. They (find) nothing out of the ordinary. The flat (be) clean, quiet and tidy. None of the cupboards (be emptied), there (seem) to be an abundance of clothes still hanging up. The bedroom (contain) a long looking-glass. In the bathroom they (find) several bottles of expensive scent. After this they (go back) to the doctor who (alert) them in the first place. But he (be) unable to give any useful information. He (say) that he (last / see) her just before the summer. Apparently no one (see) her leave.

3. Complétez avec le prétérit simple ou BE (prétérit) + ING:

An angry mum (demand) an inquiry after her three-year-old daughter (be left) behind on a school outing. Little Ann Marie (be) in tears as she (watch) the coach that (carry) her 27 schoolmates leave without her. When the staff at the zoo (find) Ann Marie one hour after the departure of the coach, the little girl (sit) on the ground and still (cry). They (try) to comfort her by giving her some sweets. But it (take) them quite a long time to calm her down. Teachers only (find) she (be missing) two hours later when they (arrive) at the village school 60 miles away. A teacher (drive) over to fetch her. When the teacher eventually (get) to the zoo, the little girl (play) with a monkey and (not / seem) to understand what her teacher (do) there.

A driving instructor and his pupil (be) in a critical condition in hospital last night after their car (be hit) at a crossroads by teenage drivers. Brian Miller and his pupil (drive) on a secondary road when the accident (occur). The other car (happen) to be a stolen car. When the police (arrive) on the spot, the teenagers (try) to get the other two people out of the crashed car. They (declare) that they (not / understand) what had happened.

1. Choisissez la réponse qui convient:

1. He saw her and then ---- that it was the first time he ---- anyone like her.

a) realized ... met b) had realized ... had met

c) had realized ... met d) realized ... had met

2. There he was at last with the woman he ---- forward to meeting.

a) had looked b) looked c) has looked

3. She said that he ---- the day before.

a) had arrived b) has arrived c) arrived

4. Once he ---- her, she ---- for joy and then forgot about it all.

a) left ... wept b) had left... wept c) left... had wept

2. Complétez avec le prétérit ou le pluperfect:

Miss Duncan, a woman of 40, living alone in a comfortable flat, (be missing) for some months when the police (be eventually contacted) by her doctor after she (miss) several appointments with him. Two days later two policeman (visit) the flat with a spare key obtained from her cleaner who (not / hear) from her for weeks. They (find) nothing out of the ordinary. The flat (be) clean, quiet and tidy. None of the cupboards (be emptied), there (seem) to be an abundance of clothes still hanging up. The bedroom (contain) a long looking-glass. In the bathroom they (find) several bottles of expensive scent. After this they (go back) to the doctor who (alert) them in the first place. But he (be) unable to give any useful information. He (say) that he (last / see) her just before the summer. Apparently no one (see) her leave.

3. Complétez avec le prétérit simple ou BE (prétérit) + ING:

An angry mum (demand) an inquiry after her three-year-old daughter (be left) behind on a school outing. Little Ann Marie (be) in tears as she (watch) the coach that (carry) her 27 schoolmates leave without her. When the staff at the zoo (find) Ann Marie one hour after the departure of the coach, the little girl (sit) on the ground and still (cry). They (try) to comfort her by giving her some sweets. But it (take) them quite a long time to calm her down. Teachers only (find) she (be missing) two hours later when they (arrive) at the village school 60 miles away. A teacher (drive) over to fetch her. When the teacher eventually (get) to the zoo, the little girl (play) with a monkey and (not / seem) to understand what her teacher (do) there.

A driving instructor and his pupil (be) in a critical condition in hospital last night after their car (be hit) at a crossroads by teenage drivers. Brian Miller and his pupil (drive) on a secondary road when the accident (occur). The other car (happen) to be a stolen car. When the police (arrive) on the spot, the teenagers (try) to get the other two people out of the crashed car. They (declare) that they (not / understand) what had happened.