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Past perfect and past simple

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  • Mary ___________________ (give) me Tony's address before she left.
    had given
  • Before we reached the station we saw that we ___________________ (lose) our way.
    had lost
  • They took a shower after they ___________________ (finish) the game.
    had finished
  • I ___________________ (fall) into the water before dad ___________________ (drive) me home.
    had fallen / drove
  • Marion ___________________ (ask) me what ___________________ (happen) to me last week.
    asked / had happened
  • I ___________________ (not tell) my teacher that my mum ___________________ (help) me with my homework.
    did not tell / had helped
  • The sun ___________________ (shine) yesterday after it ___________________ (be) cold for many weeks.
    shone/had been
  • The days ___________________ (become) colder after it ___________________ (snow).
    became / had snowed
  • Because she ___________________ (not check) the oil for so long, the car ___________________ (break) down.
    had not checked / broke
  • Before the police ___________________ (catch) the thief, he ___________________ (steal) two more watches.
    caught / had stolen
  • My father _________ (lose) his glasses and he couldn’t read the newspaper.
    had lost
  • We ___________________ (eat) two Big Macs before we ___________________ (go) home.
    had eaten / went
  • Martin ___________________ (tell) me that he ___________________ (be) in London.
    told / had been
  • When we ___________ (get) home my wife realized she __________ (lose) her money.
    got / had lost
  • We had already eaten when John _____________ (come) home.
    came
  • My aunt flew to Paris last year. She __________ (never / go) on a plane before that.
    had never gone
  • When I __________ (get) to the airport, I discovered I had forgotten my passport.
    got
  • When the boys arrived at the cinema, the film ___________________ (already, start).
    had already started
  • Uncle David ___________________ (go) to the doctor after he ___________________ (be) ill for a month.
    went / had been
  • All the tickets ___________________ (be) sold before the concert began.
    had been