1- Complete the blanks with the right word
a)
When Clara arrived at the village, she realized it was the same place where her grandmother
lived (live) many years before. The house stood at the end of a narrow street, had been
abandoned for decades.
People said that no one who had entered it had ever stayed for long. Clara,who had Always
been(be) curious, decided to explore it anyway. She remembered (remember) the stories
her grandmother had told her—stories that had seemed like fairy tales when she was a child.
As she opened the door, she noticed that someone had left it slightly unlocked. Inside, the
air was thick with dust, and the silence felt heavy. The furniture always had once belonged to
her family, had been covered with white sheets.
In the living room, she found (find) a small box that had been hidden under the floor. It
contained letters that her grandmother wrote (write) but never sent. The letters were
addressed to a man who had disappeared long ago.
Clara sat down and read them carefully. By the time she finished, she understood the secret
of the house had been keeping for all those years.
It was not just a house, but it was a place where love had once existed, and where it had
quietly faded away.
b)
By the time Eleanor returned (return) to the mansion where she had been raised, most of her
memories had already begun to fade. The place one time had once been filled with laughter
and music, now stood in complete silence.
It had been more than twenty years since she had last crossed its gates, and yet everything
seemed strangely familiar. The Garden that she had known as a child had grown wild, as if it
had been waiting for her return.
Inside the house, she noticed that the portrait that had always hung above the fireplace was
still there. It depicted a woman who had lived in the mansion long before Eleanor had been
born. No one had ever explained who she was, but Eleanor had Always known that the
woman was watching her.
As a child, Eleanor heard (heard) stories about a relative spírit no one had ever truly
understood, and who had disappeared under mysterious circumstances—someone who
loved (loved) the house more than anything else. Those stories, that had once frightened
her, now seemed like clues that she had failed to understand.
While she was examining the portrait, she discovered a small key that had been hidden
behind the frame many years earlier. The key opened a drawer that Eleanor had never
noticed before.
Inside, she found documents that revealed a truth that her family had tried to hide: the
woman in the portrait was not just an ancestor, but someone who the family erased (erase)
from their history.
Eleanor realized that the mansion, which had witnessed generations come and go, also kept
(keep) secrets that no one had dared to confront—until now.
She had already finished her chores when I arrived.
Had you ever seen such a beautiful sunset before that trip?
By the time the movie started, they hadn't founded her seats.
I had never tasted such authentic Italian food.
The rain had stopped, so we decided to go for a walk.
Hadn’t the train already left when you got to the platform?
He had lost his keys, so he couldn't enter the house.
They hadn't heard the news until I told them.
We had traveled to five different countries by the end of last year.
The children had already fallen asleep before their father came home.
Had she finished the report before the deadline?
I realized I had forgotten my wallet at the restaurant.
We hadn't realized how late it was.
She had prepared a delicious meal for all of us.
They had lived in London for ten years before moving to Paris.