Past perfect / past simple ex.1 put the verb into the correct form, past perfect (i had done, etc.) or past simple (i did, etc.) 1. was tom at the party when you arrived? no, he had gone (go) home. 2. i felt very tired when i got home, so (go) straight to bed. 3. the house was very quiet when i got home. everybody (go) to bed. 4. sorry i'm late. the car (break) down on my way here. 5. we were driving along the road when we (see) a car which (break) down, so (stop) to see if we could help.

2. i felt very tired when i got home, so (go) straight to bed.

3. the house was very quiet when i got home. everybody had (go) to bed.

4. sorry i'm late. the car (break) down on my way here.

5. we were driving along the road when we (see) a car which broken__ (break) down, so (stop) to see if we could help.

2. had gone 3.  had gone 4. had broke 5. saw, broke, stoped

Minuses 1) if the screen image is  bad, you can spoil your eyes. 2) you waste much time while looking through different numerous ads. 3) very often some interesting shows are on late at night at inconvenient time. 4) very often the  shows are silly and dull. 5) too many soap operas and few serious educative and interesting films. pluses 1) you may listen and watch home news as well as world news. 2) you can watch scientific and educational programmes or movies. 3) you may relax watching entertaining shows and programmes. 4) there are special programmes for different people, for example, for those who love to cook, or to knit, or to travel and much more. 5) there  are also programmes for people of different age: healthy life style for elderly people and   for children they show funny cartoons, which they like very much.