she/very nervous/ on the flight/because/ she/never/fly/before
She was very nervous on the flight because she’d never flown before.
we/never win/ anything/and so/ we/give up/ playing the lottery
We’d never won anything and so we gave up playing the lottery.
by the time/I start/ school/I already/ learn/to read
By the time I started school, I’d already learned to read.
he/use/cry/ all the time
He used to cry all the time.
even though she/ be sick/in her final year,/ she/get/her degree
Even though she’d been sick in her final year, she got her degree.
I/realize/I/lose/ my keys/when/ I get/home
I realized I’d lost my keys when I got home.
I/read/ the book/but/I/not/ enjoy/the ending
I read the book, but I didn’t enjoy the ending.
when/you/ call me/I/ take/a shower
When you called me, I was taking a shower.
by the time/we/ finally/check in/we/ stand/in a line/ for an hour
By the time we finally checked in, we’d been standing in a line for an hour.
you/ use/play outside/ with your friends?
Did you use to play outside with your friends?
as soon as/I/finish/ the letter/I/run to/ get/the mail
As soon as I’d finished the letter, I ran to get the mail.
what/you/wear/ to the wedding? A suit jacket and pants.
What did you wear to the wedding? A suit jacket and pants.
he/look for a job/ for a long time/ before/he become/ a sales rep
He’d been looking for a job for a long time before he became a sales rep.
I/feel/full/ after/I eat/ a three-course lunch
I felt full after I’d eaten a three-course lunch.
at ten o’clock last night/I/do/ my homework
At ten o’clock last night I was doing my homework.
after/she/lose/ her temper/she/ feel/sorry
After she lost her temper, she felt sorry.
when/I/get up/ this morning/it/ pouring rain
When I got up this morning, it was pouring rain.
they realize/they/ lose/after/they/ drive/for an hour
They realized they were lost after they’d been driving/ they’d driven for an hour.
she/give/prize/ for her work last year
She was given a prize for her work last year.
we/not/watch/ the movie/because/ we/see/it before
We didn’t watch the movie because we’d seen it before.