Fill the gaps with the verb in brackets using either the past perfect or the past simple tenses.


1 By the time we got to the cinema the film ______________ ( start), so we missed the first five minutes.

2 When I rang the bell there was no answer. The neighbour told me that they ______________ (go out) about half an hour ago.

3 I saw Casablanca for the first time last night. I ______________ (never, see) it before.

4 After I (have) ______ a huge lunch, I (feel)____ fat.

5 I spent a week in Miami recently. I (never,be) ______________ there before.

6 There was so much to see in Toledo. I wanted to see everything but I (not,have) ______________ enough time.

7 She told me she (buy) ______ a new car.

8 When he arrived, Eve wasn't there. She (leave) ____ about five minutes before.

9 When we (arrive) _____ back in Spain, they (lose) ____ our lagguage.

10 When I (get back) _____, nobody (do) _____ the washing up. I was furious.

11 After he ( start) ___ the lesson I (leave) ____
12 I (be) _____ very happy after I (finish) _____ my lesson.
13 As soon as he (mend, reparieren) ______ the old watch it (break) ______again
14 Everybody (leave) ______ the house by the time (come) ____ home.
15 I (buy) _____ a new car because some thieves (steal) ______ my old one.
16 It (not,be) ____ his first trip to the mountais, he (be) ____ there many times before
17 My teacher (ask) ________ me why I (not,do) ____ my homework
18 She (not, know) ____ him for a long time when she (marry) ___ him
19 These shoes (be) _______ very clean vecause our housemaid (clean) _____ them.
20 Yesterday afternoon I (go) ____ downtown and I (meet) ____ Peter.