Grammar: Past perfect simple vs past simple p. 30

Use the prompts to create sentences with the past perfect simple. Use the contracted form where possible.

Example: Gary / not be / to Wales / before last year
                Gary hadn't been to Wales before last year.
1 They / finish / eating / by midnight
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2 She / not see / anyone
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3 You / already / arrive / at home / at eight?
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4 Mike / never / meet / such a / nice person
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5 The baby / fall / asleep / before seven? / No / he
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6 By the age of 18 / I / start / studying / at university
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Complete the dialogue with the past perfect simple or the past simple of the verbs in brackets.

Joshua: You don't know about yesterday!
Hannah: What ________ (happen)?
Joshua: I ________ (go) to the community centre but when I ________ (arrive) there, the meeting ________ (already / finish).
Hannah: Why ________ (you / be) late?
Joshua: Two days ago Nick ________ (write) in the group chat they ________ (decide) to move the meeting to 6 pm instead of 8 pm, but I ________ (just / turn) the phone off. Yesterday I ________ (not read) the message because I ________ (be) really busy.
Hannah: Next time you'll check your messages!
Joshua: You bet!

Choose the correct time expression.

1 I couldn't find my neighbour, she had left ________ I came.
2 They'd written all the messages for the community meeting ________ 11 pm.
3 We had never spoken to that person ________.
4 Sally had been married ________ 20 years when she asked for a divorce.
5 I'd ________ planned my trip when the flight was cancelled.
6 ________ the boys arrived at the cinema, the film had already begun.

Watch the video to revise the rule and then do the exercise. Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentences.

1 By the time Kenny ________ home, his brother ________ the dinner.
2 ________ the message before he ________ it?
3 My best friend and I ________ to meet at the local café – it was a coincidence!
4 When Martha and Rob ________ to move, she ________ a job in the new city.
5 The singer ________ because the organisers ________ the show.
6 I ________ little to do in the mountains at the weekend as I ________ all my things at home.
7 We ________ the plants when it ________ to rain.
8 'Why ________ to the supermarket again?' 'I ________ to buy the milk!'