Past Perfect or Past Simple 

 

01.    When he [woke/had woken] up, his mother [had already prepared/already prepared] breakfast.

02.    We [went/had gone] to London because the Queen herself [had invited/invited] us for tea.

03.    He [heard/had heard] the news, [went/had gone] to the telephone and [called/had called] his friend.

04.    When she [started/had started] to learn English, she [had already learned/already learned] French.

05.    Jane [had already typed/already typed] ten pages when her computer [crashed/had crashed].

06.    By the time he [arrived/had arrived] at the pub, they [had run out/ran out] of beer.

07.    Before that day we [had never thought/never thought] of going to Japan.

08.    I [had known/knew] him for a long time before I [met/had met] his family.

09.    They [didn't know/hadn't known] where to meet because nobody [had told/told] them.

10.    It [had been/was] cloudy for days before it finally [began/had begun] to rain.

11.    Yesterday a boy [destroyed/had destroyed] the snowman that we [had built/built].

12.    Jimmy [told/had told] us about the film that he [had seen/saw].

13.    We [found/had found] the mobile phone that Marwin [had lost/lost].

14.    He [sang/had sung] a song that I [had never heard/never heard] before.

15.    Cathrine [opened/had opened] the window that I [had just closed/just closed].

16.    It [was/had been] a cold and rainy Sunday, so I [decided/had decided] to finish the essay that I [had started/started] writing a few days before.

17.    I [switched/had switched] on the computer and [opened/had opened] the document.

18.    Then I [began/had begun] looking for my notes that I [had handwritten/handwrote] on a sheet of paper.

19.    Unfortunately, the notes [weren't/hadn't been] on my desk and I [couldn't/hadn't been able to] remember where I [had put/put] them.

20.    I [turned/had turned] the whole house upside down.

21.    And where [did I find/had I found] my notes?

22.    I [had left/left] them in the sitting room, under a huge staple of papers and magazines.

23.    Now that I [had found/found] my notes, I [wanted/had wanted] to continue writing my essay.

24,    First I [didn't know/hadn't known] what to write but then I [had/had had] lots of ideas.

25.    I [had almost completed/almost completed] my essay when my computer suddenly [crashed/had crashed] and I [noticed/had noticed] that I [had forgotten/forgot] to save the document.

26.    After I [had rebooted/rebooted] my computer, I [saw/had seen] that at least 5 of the pages I [had typed/typed] were missing.

27.    So I [had/had had] to start all over again.