Supply a suitable simple past or past perfect tense: 1. …………. he …………….. (know) her for a long time before they ……………………… (get) married? 2. he ………………………………. (drive) down the hotel where they ……………………. (spend) their honeymoon years ago. 3. when we ………………………… (get) to the station the train ………………………… (already / leave). 4. he …………………………. (sit) at a table by the window where he …………………….. (have) a meal with jane. 5. why ………………. he ………………… (not / ask) her to wait and think again before she ………………………….. (leave) paris. 6. he was wondering why he ………………………………… (let) her leave so easily. 7. he knew he ………………………………… (earn) that money with a great difficulty. 8. after they …………………………… (go), he …………………….. (sit) down and ……………………… (light) a cigarette. 9. he ………………………….. (have to) go to work by bus because his car ………………. (break) down. 10. he …………………………… (angry) before he ……………………… (hear) my offer.

1. They went home after they had finished their work.
2. She had just qone out when I called her.
3. My brother had eaten all the pie before we got back.
4. He wondered why I had not visited him before.
5. She said that she had already seen the Pyramids.
6. The fire had spread to the next building before the firemen arrived. 
7. They drank small cups of coffee, after they had finished dinner. 
8. He told me he had caught a young lion.
9. His mother had worried a lot about him before she heard that he was safe.
10. He had already learnt English before he forgot some.
11. Mary went swimming after she had come home. After she had swum, she called her friend Judy.
12. I went to the theatre with my friends yesterday. I had not been to the theatre for a  year. We had a very good time.
13. After they had finished their breakfast, they left for school.
14. Linda played tennis after she had done her homework.
15. My father watered the flowers after he had cleaned the car. After he had watered the flowers,he had dinner.