PAST SIMPLE AND PAST PERFECT

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the past simple or past perfect.

1. The travel agent offered (offer) better and cheaper destinations after we had booked
(book) our summer holiday. What a pity!
2. When the ambulance arrived (arrive), the injured man had died (die).
3. His wife had taken (take) him to hospital since he cut (cut) his finger preparing lunch.
4. Mary’s parents had been married (be married) for 20 years when they suddenly splited
(split) up.
5. I really thought (think) you had forgotten (forget) to email me while you was (be) in
France, but you wasn’t.
6. We had(have) to wait for hours at the station because the accident had damaged
(damage) the line.
7. I finally saw (see) Sue. We had arranged(arrange) to meet at the Central café before
going to the cinema.
8. When we got (get) at the theatre, the play had just begun (just/ begin).
9. At the annual meeting he had talked (can/ talk) to some friends he hadn’t seen (not/ see)
since he left (leave) school.
10. When Peter turned (turn) up, we had already had (already/ have) lunch.
11. They decided (decide) to walk because they hadn’t gone (not/ go) to the bank in the
morning.
12. The conference was a bit of a mess! In fact, I feel the speakers hadn’t prepared(not/
prepare) their talks quite seriously, so people found (find) them really uninteresting.
13. Peter said (say) he had made (make) the meal on his own, but nobody believed (believe)
him.
14. Luckily, when the light went (go) off, we had finished (finish) the birthday party.
15. Mary visited (visit) the village where she had lived(live) as a child last month. She hadn’t
gone (not/ go) there for years. Everything had changed (change) so much that she didn’t
recognized (not/ recognize) most of the places where she used (use) to play.