Friendly dolphins save swimmers

One morning in November 2004, four people were (1) ________ in the sea about 100 metres from the beach near Auckland, New Zeeland. They were (2) _______ lifeguards on a training swim. Suddenly, about ten dolphins appeared and started to swim around them in circles. At first the swimmers were worried – they (3) _______ that the dolphins were (4) ________ them. One of the swimmers, Ron Howes, tried to swim back to the beach, but the dolphins stopped him and pushed him back to other swimmers. Suddenly, one of the swimmers (5) ________. There was a three-metre shark and it was swimming towards them through the (6) _______ blue water. It came very close to the swimmers. It was only metres away, but it couldn’t attack them because the dolphins were there. The dolphins stated with the swimmers for 40 minutes. (7) ________ the shark swam away and the dolphins let the swimmers return back to the beach. A scientist, Rosemary Finn, who studies the behavior of dolphins, (8) _______ not surprised when she (9) ________ the story. “Dolphins often help other animals and fish when they are in trouble in the sea,” she (10) _______.

Unit 7. The Past Perfect Tense

Обозначает действие, которое произошло до какого-то момента в прошлом.

had + V3

+ They had finished the contest before the rain began.

– They had not finished the contest before the rain began.

? Had they finished the contest before the rain began?

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