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 took (take) him to hospital since he had cut (cut) his
finger preparing lunch.
4. Mary’s parents were married (be married) for 20 years when they
suddenly had split (split) up.
5. I really thought (think) you had forgotten (forget) to email me
while you was (be) in France, but you hadn’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 could talk (can/ talk) to some friends he
hadn’t seen (not/ see) since he left (leave) school.
10. When Peter turned up (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 recognize (not/ recognize) most of the places where she used
(use) to play.