Past Simple or Past Perfect

Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets:

1) When I _________ (come), they _________ already ___________ (eat) my water-melon.

2) I _______ (look) at the vase my friend __________________ (break).

3) When I _________ (arrive) at the party, Tom _______ already________ (go) home.

4) The local cinema ________ (be) no longer open. It ___________(close) down.

5) We ___________ (reach) the station when the rain _____________ (start).

6) I _____________ (remember) that I ______________ (left) my umbrella at home.

7) After Jack ____________ (turn off) the light, he ___________ (left) the room.

8) John no longer ___________ (have) his car. He ______________ (sell) it.

9) I __________ (finish) my homework before my mom _____________(return).

10) Hardly _____ Julie ________ (enter) the house, when it _________ (start) to rain.

11) He _________ (be) away for several months before his first letter ______ (come).

12) After the sun ___________ (set), we ___________ (decide) to return home.

13) I _____________ (want) to go to the cinema, because I _____________ (see) the film.

14) He ____________ (not tell) us that he ______________ (take) the money.

15) The boy _________ (be) in a bad mood because he ___________ (fail) the exam.

16) Mr. Black ____________ (say) that he ______________ (buy) a new car.

17) Everybody __________ (understand) that he ___________ (find out) the truth.

18) I ____________ (be) a teacher for ten years since I _____________ (graduate) from college; after that I ___________ (become) a designer.

19) People _________ (know) that he ___________ already ____________ (live) there for five years.

20) Where ___________ they _____________ (live) before they __________ (move) to London?

21) I ____________ (know) that my sister ____________ (go) to the party alone.

22) Who ___________ (break) the window before I ___________ (return) home?

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