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I was sorry when the factory ___ (shoot) down. I ___ (work) there for ten years.

I was sorry when the factory shot down. I had worked there for ten years.

My sixteenth birthday ___ (be) the worst day I (ever/have).

My sixteenth birthday was the worst day I had ever had.

We ___ (not/ prepare)at all before we ___ (take) that test.

We hadn't prepared at all before we took that test.

I ___ (call) his office but he ___ (already/ leave).

I called his office but he had already left.

I ___ (never/meet) anyone from California before I ___ (meet) Jim.

I had never met anyone from California before I met Jim.

I ___ (lose) so much weight because I ___ (begin) exercising.

I lost so much weight because I had begun exercising.

I ___ (write) articles on various topics before he ___ (come)

I had written articles on various topics before he came

The storm ___ (destroy) the sandcastle that we ___ (build)

The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we had built

He ____ (not / be) to Nebraska before 1997.

He had not been to Nebraska before 1997.

When she ___ (go) out to play, she (do / already) her homework.

When she went out to play, she had already done her homework.

My brother ___ (eat) all of the cake that our mum ___ (make) .

My brother ate all of the cake that our mum had made

The doctor ___ (take) off the plaster that he ___ (put on) six weeks before.

The doctor took off the plaster that he had put on six weeks before.

The waiter ___ (bring) a drink that I ___ (not / order) .

The waiter brought a drink that I had not ordered .

I could not remember the poem we ___ (learn) the week before.

I could not remember the poem we had learned the week before

The children ___ (collect) the chestnuts that ___ (fall) from the tree.

The children collected the chestnuts that had fallen from the tree.

(he / call) _______ Angie before he ___ (go) to see her in London?

Had he called Angie before he went to see her in London?

She ___ (not / ride) a horse before that day.

She had not ridden a horse before that day.

I ___ (be) late for work because I (miss) the bus.

I was late for work because I had missed the bus.

We ___ (live) in the house that my father (build) .

We lived in the house that my father had built.

The teacher ___ (correct) the tests that the students (write) .

The teacher corrected the tests that the students had written.

My friend ___ (be) in hospital because she (slip) on a banana skin.

My friend was in hospital because she had slipped on a banana skin.

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

We ate at a restaurant last night because I had not bought anything for dinner.

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

When we came back, it was cold in the house because Alice had not closed the windows.

I couldn’t go to the cinema with my friends last night because I (finish / not) my homework yet.

I couldn’t go to the cinema with my friends last night because I had not finished my homework yet.