<p></p><p><b>4. Fill in the gaps
with the suitable signal word(s): <i>already</i>,
<i>always</i>, <i>ever</i>, <i>for</i>, <i>just</i>, <i>yet</i>, <i>never</i>, <i>recently</i>, <i>since</i>, <i>until then</i>, <i>still</i>. </b></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>1. Jason had {#1} finished his work. He was planning to go to the park.<br></p>

<p>2. Lenny had been repairing
cars {#2} ten years before he became
a fully qualified mechanic.<br></p>

<p>3. When mother opened the
windows, the smell had {#3}
disappeared.<br></p>

<p>4. The first time I had {#4} eaten snake fruit was in Indonesia.<br></p>

<p>5. <span lang="EN-GB">Megan
had been struggling with money {#5}
the death of her husband.</span><br></p>

<p>6. Yesterday he bought the car he had {#6} wanted to drive.<br></p>

<p>7. By the time we arrived, he
hadn’t {#7} prepared any samples of
soil to check.<br></p>

<p>8. Had Alex {#8} been to a jazz concert before? He’d been listening to the
music {#9} ages.</p><p>9. When I saw <span lang="EN-GB">Polly</span>, she <span lang="EN-GB">{#10}</span><span lang="EN-GB"> hadn’t chosen a dress to wear for
the party. She didn’t like any of those on display.</span><br></p>

<p>10. I had {#11}
seen such a beautiful architecture before I visited St. Petersburg.<em></em><br></p>

<p><span lang="EN-GB">11. She admitted that </span>Eden
had {#12} called
her a couple of times to tell her about his stay in Brazil.<span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>

<p><span lang="EN-GB">12. We came home late. Timmy hadn’t put his
toys in order {#13}. It took
him a while to do it.</span></p>

<p><span lang="EN-GB">13. </span>My cousin hadn’t mown the lawn {#14}<b> </b>since he had broken his left arm.<span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>

<p><span lang="EN-GB">14. Some species of mammals had {#15} interbred after their migration
into the area, creating new ones.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><i>
</i></span></p>

<p>15. He hadn’t {#16} caught any fish when his friends
joined him.<br></p><p></p>