7. Complete the text with the past simple or past perfect form of the verbs in brackets. Emma (1) … (not go) abroad before she went on a school exchange to France. In fact, she (2) … (not spend) more than a weekend away from home before. At first, she was a bit nervous. Before she (3) … (go), her parents had told her to phone as often as she wanted. But then she wasn’t homesick at all, and she (4) … (have) a great time. The only bad thing was when they had snails for dinner. She (5) … (never eat) snails before!

Перевод задания: Дополните текст формой past simple или past perfect глаголов в скобках.

Emma hadn’t gone abroad before she went on a school exchange to France. In fact, she hadn’t spent more than a weekend away from home before. At first, she was a bit nervous. Before she went, her parents had told her to phone as often as she wanted. But then she wasn’t homesick at all, and she had a great time. The only bad thing was when they had snails for dinner. She had never eaten snails before!

Эмма раньше не ездила за границу, пока не отправилась на школьный обмен во Францию. На самом деле, до этого она ни разу не проводила вдали от дома больше выходных. Сначала она немного нервничала. Перед её отъездом родители сказали ей звонить так часто, как ей захочется. Но потом она совсем не скучала по дому и прекрасно провела время. Единственным неприятным моментом был ужин с улитками. Раньше она никогда не ела улиток!

Past perfect обозначает действия, случившиеся раньше другого события в прошлом; past simple — основные события повествования.