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Complete the sentences

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After they (see) the Tower, they (go) to Westminster Abbey.

had seen/ went

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He (ask) me which animals I (see) in Namibia.

asked/ had seen

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Columbus (return) to Spain once he (discover) South America.

returned, had discovered

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She (open) the box after she (find) the key.

opened/ had found

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They (go) to a restaurant after they (finish) playing football.

went/ had finished

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When I (get) to the airport I discovered I (forget) my passport.

got, had forgotten

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I went to the library, then I (buy) some milk and went home.

bought

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It (rain) all summer, so the grass was completely dead.

hadn't rained

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John (play) the piano when he was a child, but he doesn't play now.

played

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When I opened the curtains the sun was shining and the ground was white. It (snow) during the night.

had snowed

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In the shopping centre, I met a friend who I (see / not) for ages.

hadn't seen

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We lost the match because we (practise / not) the days before.

hadn't practised

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At school, Jim quickly copied the homework that he (do / not)

hadn't done

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We ate at a restaurant last night because I (buy / not) anything for dinner.

hadn't bought

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When we came back, it was cold in the house because Alice (close / not) the windows.

hadn't closed

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I (be) confused by the homework because the teacher (not have) time to explain it in class.

WAS, HADN'T HAD

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