WRITE PAST SIMPLE OR PRESENT PERFECT?

1.- Barbara …………… (live) in Greece for three years before she …..………. (move) to Italy.
2.-My team …………….. (not win) the football match since they........…..………. (play) badly.
3.-The teacher ……………. (punish) the student because he.....…..………. (be) naughty, recently.
4.- The new soap opera...........................(become) popular show on TV, last year.
5.-He …………… (mug) three passengers by the time the police......(arrive)
6.-The pirates..............(hijack) an enormous ship two months ago in Somalia.
7.-The captain of the ship ………………….(surrender/already) because he …..………. (hate)
violence.
8.-The journalist ………….…. (interview) the famous actress since the first time.
9.-Everyone ……………. (leave) the train just before the bomb …….………. (explode).
10.- By the time my mum …………..… (prepare) lunch, we …….………. (lay/already) the table.

Complete the text with verbs in brackets. Past Simple or Past Perfect:
 We …….………. to the restaurant last night. (go)
 I …….………. there for ages. (not / be)
 Hector …….………. his last summer holiday in the country. (spend)
 James …….………. all the rules by heart. (learn)
 Charlotte …….………. yet. (not / arrive)
 I …….………. a lot of money last month. (earn)
 The people …….………. the latest decisions of their authorities. (not / like)
 …….………. you…….………. ever …….………. this food? (try)
 The kids …….………. their grandparents last Sunday. (visit)
 you …….………. the birds in the garden yesterday? (feed)
 We …….………. this man near our house this morning. (see)