4. Use the verbs in the past perfect. 1. Fortunately, when the volcano started to erupt, all the people ____ the village. The damage was serious but no one was killed. (leave / already) 2. When I came into the office, the radio stations ____ the warning of the earthquake — the people were leaving the building in a hurry. (broadcast / already) 3. When we came back to the village, we couldn’t recognize the place — the tornado ____ most of the houses and the village was in ruins. (destroy) 4. When the journalists arrived to the place of the catastrophe, the emergency workers ____ the rescue operation. They were busy searching for survivors. (start / already) 5. According to the report, the boat ____ by 4 pm. The rescuers went there immediately. (disappear) 6. The hurricane ____ by the morning. The sky cleared up and everyone saw the devastating results of the disaster. (stop) 7. The flood took the people by surprise. Nobody ____ them of the coming water. (warn)

Перевод задания: Используйте глаголы в Past Perfect.

1. Fortunately, when the volcano started to erupt, all the people had already left the village. The damage was serious but no one was killed. (К счастью, когда вулкан начал извергаться, все люди уже покинули деревню. Разрушения были серьёзными, но никто не погиб.)
2. When I came into the office, the radio stations had already broadcast the warning of the earthquake — the people were leaving the building in a hurry. (Когда я вошёл в офис, радиостанции уже передали предупреждение о землетрясении — люди поспешно покидали здание.)
3. When we came back to the village, we couldn’t recognize the place — the tornado had destroyed most of the houses and the village was in ruins. (Когда мы вернулись в деревню, мы не узнали это место: торнадо разрушил большинство домов, и деревня лежала в руинах.)
4. When the journalists arrived to the place of the catastrophe, the emergency workers had already started the rescue operation. They were busy searching for survivors. (Когда журналисты прибыли на место катастрофы, спасатели уже начали спасательную операцию. Они были заняты поиском выживших.)
5. According to the report, the boat had disappeared by 4 pm. The rescuers went there immediately. (Согласно сообщению, к четырём часам дня лодка исчезла. Спасатели немедленно отправились туда.)
6. The hurricane had stopped by the morning. The sky cleared up and everyone saw the devastating results of the disaster. (К утру ураган прекратился. Небо прояснилось, и все увидели катастрофические последствия бедствия.)
7. The flood took the people by surprise. Nobody had warned them of the coming water. (Наводнение застало людей врасплох. Никто не предупредил их о надвигающейся воде.)

Past Perfect образуется с помощью had и причастия прошедшего времени; он обозначает действие, завершившееся до другого момента или действия в прошлом.