When I got to the party, Bob had gone home.
TRUE or FALSE: I saw Bob at the party.
FALSE. First, Bob left. Then, I arrived.
Fill in the blanks: I ______ (go) to bed when the bell ____ (ring). (I went to bed and then I heard the bell.)
I had gone to bed when the bell rang.
By the time we ____ (get) to the cinema, the film ____ already _______ (begin). We didn't see the beginning.
By the time we got to the cinema, the film had already begun.
Jane ____ (walk) into the station only to find out the train _____ (leave). She had to wait 1 hour to catch the next one.
Jane walked into the station only to find out the train had left.
When Mary ____ (open) the book, she _____ (realize) she wouldn't be able to finish reading it because some pages ______ (fall) out.
When Mary opened the book, she realized she wouldn't be able to finish reading it because some pages had fallen out.
I ____ (hope) for a relaxing Sunday, but instead my cousin, her husband and her six children _____ (arrive) unexpectedly.
I had hoped for a relaxing Sunday, but instead my cousin, her husband and her six children arrived unexpectedly.
After the student _____ (write) the essay, he ____ (send) it to the teacher.
After the student had written the essay, he sent it to the teacher.
The kids _____ (pick) up their bags and _____ (leave) after the class ______ (finish).
The kids picked up their bags and left after the class had finished.
I ____ always ____ (believe) that it ____ (will) be easy to get a job... until I _____ (try) to find one.
I had always believed it would be easy to get a job... until I tried to find one.
We ___ (own) the car for five months before we _____ (discover) it was a stolen car!
We had owned the car for five months before we discovered it was a stolen car!
I ____ (be) very surprised when I _____ (find) out he _____ (fly) all the way from New York to see me.
I was very surprised when I found out he had flown all the way from New York to see me.
I _____ (see) the view many times before, but it never ____ (fail) to impress me.
I had seen the view many times before, but it never failed to impress me.
After Jenny ____ (try) on seven different pairs of shoes, she ____ (decide) that she liked the first one best.
After Jenny had tried on seven different pairs of shoes, she decided that she liked the first one best.
Paul came in and offered to help after I had washed and dried the last plate.
TRUE or FALSE: Paul helped me a little.
FALSE: He didn't help at all.
I started on the dark chocolate when I had eaten all the milk chocolate.
TRUE or FALSE: I ate the milk chocolate first.
TRUE.
