Le pluperfect, ou past perfect

Expression : comment allez-vous dire ou allez-vous demander :

1. que vous n'aviez jamais rencontré Jim avant hier ?

2. que vous n'aviez jamais rien lu de Shakespeare avant d'avoir ce professeur ?

3. que vous étiez allés au cinéma pour la dernière fois quatre ans auparavant ?

4. que vous n'aviez jamais fumé avant l'âge de 25 ans ?

5. que vous aviez toujours travaillé sérieusement jusqu'en 3ème (9th grade) ?

6. que vous aviez eu une bonne note en maths la semaine précédente ?

7. mais que vous ne l'aviez pas dit à vos parents ?

8. si votre ami était déjà allé au Mexique ?

9. si votre ami était déjà allé au Mexique ?

Compréhension : simple bilan ou bilan commenté ?

1. He showed me that he had painted the children's bedroom while I was away

2. He showed me that he had painted the children's bedroom while I was away
_{* attention : remarquer qqch = notice; faire remarquer qqch = remark}

3. The policeman noticed someone had slept in the bed.

4. She complained that someone had been sleeping in her bed.

5. She complained that someone had been sleeping in her bed.

6. I could bet he had been losing his shirt too.

7. What a day we had! I had never laughed so much in my life.

8. My mother asked crossly how long I had been seeing Mark.

9. The audit showed that the company had never done so well.

Quelle préposition allez-vous utiliser avec le pluperfect dans les phrases suivantes ? for ou since ? Complétez les énoncés.

1. I hadn't eaten so well ____________ many years.

2. I'd been living there ____________ I was a child.

3. The doctor asked ____________ when he had been like that.

4. I asked them if they had had any news from the Browns ____________ they had left?

5. We finally set up camp for we hadn't taken a rest ____________ several hours.

Communication : rapportez les propos des différents locuteurs ; utilisez les noms et les verbes proposés entre parenthèses.

1. "You have been smoking like chimneys in here!" (Mrs Brown / complain)

2. "Oh God, they have been watching football again!" (she / lament)

3. "You have been working vey well". (My parents / admit)

4. "Great! The gardener has been tending to the garden". (He / enthuse = dire avec enthousiasme).

5. "You have been seeing that girl again!" (my mother / say)

6. "You've been using my car!" (Father / grumble)

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