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Past Perfect & Past Simple Reveision

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  • BY THE TIME he (arrive) ______________at the pub, they (run) ____________out of beer.
    ARRIVED-HAD RUN
  • Jane (ALREADY / type) __________________ten pages WHEN her computer (crash)_________________.
    HAD ALREADY TYPED - CRASHED
  • They (not / know) ________________where to meet BECAUSE nobody (tell) ________________them.
    DIDN'T KNOW - HAD TOLD
  • My sister _____________(eat) all the chocolate BEFORE my parents ______________(come) home.
    HAD EATEN - CAME
  • WHEN she (start)_____________ to learn English, she (ALREADY / learn)_______________French.
    STARTED - HAD ALREADY LEARNED
  • AFTER she _____________________(wash) the curtains she ____________________(clean) the Windows
    HAD WASHED -CLEANED
  • He _________________(ask) me which animals I _____________________(hunt) in Africa.
    ASKED -HAD HUNTED
  • I (know) ___________________him for a long time BEFORE I (meet) _________________his family.
    HAD KNOWN - MET
  • He _________________(ask) me for her telephone number BEFORE he_______________________(phone) her
    HAD ASKED - PHONED
  • He (hear)_________________ the news, (go) _________________to the telephone and (call) ______________a friend.
    HEARD - WENT-CALLED (this is just a sequence of events, it's not necessary to use past perfect here).
  • BEFORE he _____________________(mow) the lawn he _________________(pick) some roses.
    MOVED -HAD PICKED
  • BECAUSE he ___________________(work) very hard he ____________(fall) ill.
    HAD WORKED - FELL
  • They ___________________(go) for a sightseeing tour AFTER the bus ____________(arrive).
    WENT - HAD ARRIVED
  • AFTER  Columbus __________________(discover) America he _______________(return) to Spain.
    HAD DISCOVERED - RETURNED
  • She __________________(open) the box BECAUSE she ___________________(find) the key.
    OPENED - HAD FOUND
  • BEFORE they _______________(move) to Liverpool they ______________(sell) everything.
    MOVED -HAD SOLD
  • It (be) ________________cloudy for days BEFORE it finally (begin) ____________________to rain.
    HAD BEEN - BEGAN
  • They _____________(drink) a cup of tea AFTER they ____________(finish) lunch.
    DRANK - HAD FINISHED
  • We (go)_______________ to London BECAUSE the Queen (invite) ______________us for tea.
    WENT - HAD INVITED
  • BEFORE they __________________(start) the party they ________________(invite) some friends.
    STARTED - HAD INVITED
  • UNTIL we __________(meet) Mayumi, we (NEVER / think) ____________of going to Japan.
    MET/HAD NEVER THOUGHT
  • AFTER they _______________(see) the Tower they ________________________(go) to Westminster Abbey.
    HAD SEEN - WENT
  • AFTER he __________________(finish) school he _________________(work) for a magazine.
    HAD FINISHED -WORKED
  • WHEN he (wake up)______________, his mother (already / prepare) _________breakfast.
    WOKE UP - HAD ALREADY PREPARED