Past Perfect
Quiz
Complete the gaps with the correct forms of the past perfect and the past simple.
When Simon ...... (open) the door, his sister Lucy ...... (already / tidy up).
The creative director ...... (open) another bottle of champagne when his guests ...... (finish) the first one.
After Pete, my English teacher, ...... (fall) in love with Lilly, a former student of his, he ...... (lose) any romantic interest in other girls.
David ...... (come) in after he ...... (park) his car under the willow tree.
Before the woman ...... (visit) Egypt, she ...... (never / see) the Pyramids.
My Spanish teacher ...... (not / speak) Spanish before she ...... (go) to Spanish for a summer holiday.
The supervisor ...... (not / understand) why the staff ...... (not / do) all the work in a single day.
As soon as I ...... (enter) the room, I ...... (notice) that Carla ...... (already / left) for Brazil.
As soon as the children ...... (eat) breakfast, the mother ...... (wash) the dishes.
It was a name Martin ...... (not / hear) for many years.
It was a song the children ...... (not / sing) for a long time.
It was an odour the cook ...... (not / smell) since he ...... (start) cooking.