{"id":2336,"date":"2017-07-05T12:51:37","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T12:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=2336"},"modified":"2017-07-05T12:51:37","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T12:51:37","slug":"class-9-interact-with-english-workbook-solutions-unit-1-simple-past-and-past-perfect-tense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/class-9-interact-with-english-workbook-solutions-unit-1-simple-past-and-past-perfect-tense\/","title":{"rendered":"Class 9 Interact With English Workbook Solutions | Unit 1 Simple Past and Past Perfect Tense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We use the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/the-past-perfect-tense-overview\/\"><strong> past perfect tense<\/strong><\/a> to make it clear that something had already happened at the time we are talking about.\u00a0It is common after verbs of saying and thinking.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I told her that I <strong>had received<\/strong> the parcel.<\/li>\n<li>I wondered who <strong>had left<\/strong> the doors and windows open.<\/li>\n<li>I thought you<strong> had left<\/strong> in the morning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When we talk about two past events, we use the past perfect for the earlier action.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They <strong>had left<\/strong> before we arrived at their home.<\/li>\n<li>Suddenly I remembered that I <strong>had forgotten<\/strong> to lock the door.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Class 9 English Course Communicative \u00a0(Interact With English)\u00a0Unit 1 \u2013 Verb forms Solutions<\/h2>\n<h3>Simple past and past perfect<\/h3>\n<p>Complete this story by Julius Lester. Choose the correct forms of the words given in the brackets.<\/p>\n<p>Brer Rabbit (a) \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. (decided \/ had decided) gardening was too much hard work. So he (b) \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. (had gone \/ went) back to his old ways of eating from everybody else\u2019s garden. Earlier, he (c) \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 (made \/ had made) a tour through the community to see what everybody (d) \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. (had been \/ was) planting that summer and his eye (e) \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. (was \/ had been) caught by Brer Fox\u2019s peanut patch.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as the peanuts (f) \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 (had been \/ were) ready, Brer Rabbit (g) \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. (decided \/ had decided) to make his acquaintance with them. Every night he (h) \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. (had eaten \/ ate) his fill and even started bringing his family. Brer Fox (i) \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. (had \/ had had) a clear idea who was eating his peanuts, but he couldn\u2019t catch him. He inspected his fence and finally (j) \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 (had found \/ found) a small hole on the north side. He tied a rope with a loop knot and put it inside the hole. If anybody (k) \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 (stepped \/ had stepped) in it, the rope would grab his leg and hoist him up in the air.<\/p>\n<p>That night Brer Rabbit (l) \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. (came \/ had come) down to the peanut patch. He climbed through the hole and WHOOSH! Next thing he (m) \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 (had known \/ knew), he was hanging in the air upside down. There (n) \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. (wasn\u2019t \/ hadn\u2019t been) a thing he could do, so he made himself comfortable to catch a little sleep!<\/p>\n<h3>Solution<\/h3>\n<p>Brer Rabbit (a) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">had decided<\/span> gardening was too much hard work. So he (b) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">went<\/span> back to his old ways of eating from everybody else\u2019s garden. Earlier, he (c) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">had made<\/span> a tour through the community to see what everybody (d) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">had been<\/span> planting that summer and his eye (e) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">was<\/span> caught by Brer Fox\u2019s peanut patch.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as the peanuts (f) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">were<\/span> ready, Brer Rabbit (g) decided to make his <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">acquaintance<\/span> with them. Every night he (h) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ate<\/span> his fill and even started bringing his family. Brer Fox (i) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">had<\/span> a clear idea who was eating his peanuts, but he couldn\u2019t catch him. He inspected his fence and finally (j) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">found<\/span> a small hole on the north side. He tied a rope with a loop knot and put it inside the hole. If anybody (k) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">stepped<\/span> in it, the rope would grab his leg and hoist him up in the air.<\/p>\n<p>That night Brer Rabbit (l) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">came \/ had come<\/span> down to the peanut patch. He climbed through the hole and WHOOSH! Next thing he (m) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">knew<\/span>, he was hanging in the air upside down. There (n) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">wasn\u2019t<\/span> a thing he could do, so he made himself comfortable to catch a little sleep!<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.1 Based on the story you have read above, answer the following questions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>a) What had Brer Rabbit found out?<\/p>\n<p>Answer: Brer Rabbit had found out that gardening was too much hard work.<\/p>\n<p>b) What did he do when the plants grew?<\/p>\n<p>Answer: When the plants grew he decided to make his acquaintance with them.<\/p>\n<p>c) How did he enter Brer Fox\u2019s peanut patch?<\/p>\n<p>Answer: He entered Brer Fox\u2019s peanut patch through a small hole on the north side of the fence.<\/p>\n<p>d) Brer Fox had an idea of who was stealing from his patch. What did he do to trap Brer Rabbit?<\/p>\n<p>Answer: Brer Fox tied a rope with a loop knot and put it inside the hole through which Brer Rabbit was entering his peanut patch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We use the past perfect tense to make it clear that something had already happened at the time we are talking about.\u00a0It is common after verbs of saying and thinking. 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