Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple or the past perfect tense.
1. They (go) ..went... home after they (finish) ...finished.... their study
2. He (do) .....did..... nothing before he (see) ......saw....... me.
3. He (thank) .....thanked..... me for what I (do) ......did ..... for him
4. I (be) ..was........ sorry that I (hurt) ....hurt....... him
5. After they (go) .....went......., I (sit) ...sat.... down and (rest) ...rested........
6. When I (arrive) .....arrived......., the dinner (already, begin) .....had already begun........
7. My friend (not see) ......hadn't seen....... me for many years when I (meet) .....met...... last week
8. He (learn) ....learned..... English before he (leave) ....left..... for England
9. In England, he soon (remember) ......remembered..... all he (learn) ......had learned......
10. They (tell) .....told..... him they (not meet) .....hadn't met...... him before
11. He (ask) .......asked..... why we (come) .....came...... so early
12. She (say) ....said..... that she (already, see) ........had already seen...... Dr. Rice
13. By the time Bill (get) ......got..... there, the meeting (start) ......had started..........
14. When we (arrive) ...arrived.... at our place, we (find) ....found..... that a burglar (break) ....had broken..... in
15. Almost everybpody (leave) ....had left...... for home by the time we (arrive) .....arrived......
9 remembered - had learned
10 told - hadn't met
11 asked - had come
12 said - had already seen
13 got - had started
14 arrived - found - had broken
15 had left - arrived
1 went - had finish
2 had done - saw
3 thanked - had done
4 was - had hurt
5 had gone - sat - rested
6 arrived - had already begun
7 hadn't seen - met
8 had learned - left
