Question

Put in the simple past or the past perfect.

Bill …didn’t tell… anybody how he …had got… into the house. (not tell; get)

Emma …went… to France last week. Before that, she …had… never …been… outside Ireland. (go; be)

1.When their mother …………………………………….. home, the children …………………………………….. all the sweets. (get; eat)

2.Yesterday I …………………………………….. a man who ………………………………. at school with my grandmother. (meet; be)

3. It ………………………….. to rain, and I ……………………………….. that I …………………………………. my window. (start; remember; not close)

4I …………………. a letter on my desk that I …….….. (find; not open)

5.I ………………Bob I couldn’t go to the theatre, but he ……………….. the tickets. (already tell; buy)

Answer 1

1.When their mother ………got…………………………….. home, the children ………………had eaten…………………….. all the sweets. (get; eat)

2.Yesterday I …………met………………………….. a man who …………had been……………………. at school with my grandmother. (meet; be)

3. It …………………started……….. to rain, and I ………remembered ……………………….. that I ………………hadn't closed…………………. my window. (start; remember; not close)

4I ……found…………. a letter on my desk that I …….hdan't opened….. (find; not open)

5.I …………had already told……Bob I couldn’t go to the theatre, but he ………bought……….. the tickets. (already tell; buy)