Past simple or past perfect? 1) i (enjoyed/had enjoyed) the film even though i (saw/had seen) it before. 2) i got up late that morning so when i (arrived/had arrived) at the station, the train (already left/had already left). 3) i couldn't speak to them because when i (phoned/had phoned, they (went/had gone) out already. 4) we realised that we (met/had met)before as soon we (saw/had seen) each other. 5) they (lived/had lived) in their house for twenty years when they (decided/had decided) t osell it. 6) my sister (bought/had bought) me a novel but i (already read/had already read) it. 7) as soon as i heard his voice, i (knew/had known) we (met/had met) before. 8) when i (opened/had opened) the door, the lesson (already began/had already begun). 9) she (painted/had painted) the wall before the children (came/had come) home. 10) the pupils (didn't finish/hadn't finished) the test when the bell (rang/had rang). 11) i (met/had met) ann a week ago. she (just returned/had just returned from a business trip. 12) as soon as i (heard/had heard) a cry, i (ran/had run) out of the room. 13) i (tried/had tried) to phone john in the morning, but he (already left/had already left). 14) the children (didn't clean/hadn't cleaned) the room before their parents (came/had come) home. 15) i (finished/had finished) writing the project at 6 o'clock yesterday. 16) i (wrote/had written) the composition by 6 o'clock yesterday. 17) the teacher (understood/had understood) that the pupils (didn't do/hadn't done) their homework. 18) when my brother (returned/had returned) home, we (went/had gone) for a walk together. 19) he (told/had told) me that he (never played/had never played) football before. 20) she (was/had been) a nurce before she (became/had become) a doctor.
2) I got up late that morning so when I (arrived) at the station, the train (had already left).
3) I couldn't speak to them because when I (phoned, they (had gone) out already.
4) We realised that we (had met) before as soon we (saw) each other.
5) They (had lived) in their house for twenty years when they (decided) to sell it.
6) My sister (bought) me a novel but I (had already read) it.
7) As soon as I heard his voice, i (knew) we (had met) before.
8) When I (opened) the door, the lesson (had already begun).
9) She (had painted) the wall before the children (came) home.
10) The pupils (hadn't finished) the test when the bell (rang).
11) I (met) Ann a week ago. She (had just returned) from a business trip.
12) As soon as I (heard) a cry, I (ran) out of the room.
13) I (tried) to phone John in the morning, but he (had already left).
14) The children (hadn't cleaned) the room before their parents (came) home.
15) I (finished) writing the project at 6 o'clock yesterday.
16) I (had written) the composition by 6 o'clock yesterday.
17) The teacher (understood) that the pupils (hadn't done) their homework.
18) When my brother (returned) home, we (went) for a walk together.
19) He (told) me that he (had never played) football before.
20) She (had been) a nurse before she (became) a doctor.
2) arrived⇒⇒had already left
3) phoned⇒⇒had already gone out
4) had met⇒⇒saw
5) had lived⇒⇒decided
6) bought⇒⇒had already read
7) knew⇒⇒had met
8) opened⇒⇒had already begun
9) had painted⇒⇒came
10) hadn't finished)⇒⇒rang
11) met⇒⇒had just returned
12) heard⇒⇒ran
13) tried⇒⇒had already left
14) hadn't cleaned⇒⇒⇒came
15) finished
16) had written
17) understood⇒⇒hadn't done
18) Wreturned⇒⇒went
19) told⇒⇒had never played
20) had been⇒⇒became