Past Perfect & Past Simple Quiz

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By the time he ………….. at the pub, they had run out of beer.

A. arrived

B. had arrived

She…………..the box after she……………..the key.

A. opened – had found

B. had opened – found

When we………….at the station, the train had already left.

A. arrived

B. had arrived

When she ……………… to learn English, she …………………… French.

A. had started – already learned

B. started – had already learned

Before they………….to Liverpool, they…………everything.

A. had moved – sold

B. moved – had sold

Last year Juan………….all his exams.

A. had passed

B. passed

Keiko………….William last September.

A. met

B. had met

We had already eaten when John……………………home.

A. comes

B. came

I ………………. him for a long time before I …………………… his family.

A. had known – met

B. had met – knew

She was exhausted because she…………………….since eight o’clock that morning.

A. worked

B. had worked

After we…………………………… to the concert we ate at a snack bar.

A. had been

B. were

They………….a cup of tea after they had finished lunch.

A. had drunk

B. drank

Many of the people who attended Major Gordon’s funeral ____ him for many years.

A. haven’t seen

B. hadn’t seen

William felt ill last night because he………..too many cakes.

A. had eaten

B. ate

My sister……………all the chocolate before my parents came home.

A. ate

B. had eaten