Ex.3 Change the verb into the correct form: 1. I (study) Japanese before. 2. She (bake) a lot before...

This exercise focuses on using the correct verb form to indicate actions that had been completed in the past, often before another action occurred. The appropriate verb form to use here is the past perfect for the first action and simple past for the second action. The past perfect is formed using "had" plus the past participle of the verb, and it is used to express an action that happened before another past action. Here are the sentences with the verbs changed into the correct forms:

1. I had studied Japanese before.
2. She had baked a lot before she opened her shop.
3. We had had a lot of trouble because we had lost our passports.
4. Brian had known many people at the club because he had been there many times.
5. They had studied English before they moved to Canada.
6. You enjoyed the movie because you had read the book.
7. She really liked him because he had helped her.
8. Amy had studied a lot before she took the test.
9. We got into the restaurant only because we had reserved our places.
10. I had been to India before 1986.
11. They had had a lot of trouble before they finally succeeded.
12. Chris had owned that car for 5 years before he sold it.
13. Sharon had been very sick until she stopped eating junk food.
14. I had been in Greece for 7 months before I moved to Spain.
15. You cooked a lot, because you had been so hungry.

These sentences correctly use the past perfect to indicate actions that were completed before other past events, providing a clear sequence of events and emphasizing the completion of actions before others began.

1. studied
2. baked, opened
3. had, lost
4. knew, had been
5. studied, moved
6. enjoyed, had read
7. liked, helped
8. studied, took
9. got, reserved
10. had been
11. had, succeeded
12. owned, sold
13. was, stopped
14. had been, moved
15. cooked, were

1. I had studied Japanese before.
2. She had baked a lot before she opened her shop.
3. We had had a lot of trouble because we had lost our passports.
4. Brian knew many people at the club because he had been there many times.
5. They had studied English before they moved to Canada.
6. You enjoyed the movie because you had read the book.
7. She really liked him because he had helped her.
8. Amy had studied a lot before she took the test.
9. We got into the restaurant only because we had reserved our places.
10. I had been to India before 1986.
11. They had had a lot of trouble before they finally succeeded.
12. Chris had owned that car for 5 years before he sold it.
13. Sharon had been very sick until she stopped eating junk food.
14. I had been in Greece for 7 months before I moved to Spain.
15. You cooked a lot, because you were so hungry.