Question

I. Complete the sentences with the past perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
1. Officials said the blaze_________ (damage) five houses in the area.
2. Before Hurricane Sandy struck the US Northeast, it_________ (kill) 72 people in the Caribbean.
3. US Weather Service_________ (not issue) any warning by the time the tornado moved to a City
nearby.
4. As of Monday night, more 10,149 people_________ (leave) their homes across the province.
5. We _________ (not experience) any natural disasters before we were trapped in an avalanche last
month.
6. What_________ (the government/ do) by the time the mudslide occurred?
7. El Nino weather_________ (hit) Mekong Delta as the worst drought in 90 years, report said.
8. Many local people said that they_________ (never/ see) such a fierce storm in their life.
9. Those evacuees_________ (not return) home by late December.
10. _________ (people/ evacuate) the area when the hurricane hit?

Answer 1

1. Officials said the blaze had damaged five houses in the area.
2. Before Hurricane Sandy struck the US Northeast, it had killed 72 people in the Caribbean.
3. US Weather Service hadn't issued any warning by the time the tornado moved to a City
nearby.
4. As of Monday night, more 10,149 people had left their homes across the province.
5. We hadn't experienced any natural disasters before we were trapped in an avalanche last
month.
6. What had the government done by the time the mudslide occurred?
7. El Nino weather had hit Mekong Delta as the worst drought in 90 years, report said.
8. Many local people said that they had never seen such a fierce storm in their life.
9. Those evacuees hadn't returned home by late December.
10. Had people evacuated the area when the hurricane hit?