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0 Put in the simple past or the past perfect.
► Bill anybody how he ..h?.^..9.?t..................into the house, {not tell; get)

► Emma ...................... to France last week. Before that, she ........................ never

.. outside Ireland, [go; be)

1 When their mother..................................home, the children.....................................all the sweets.
[get; eat)
2 Yesterday I ................................... a man w ho................................... at school with my grandmother.
[meet; be)
I
3 I t ................................... to rain, and .................................... that ...................................my window.
I
[start; remember; not close)
I
4 I ................................... a letter on my desk that ....................................[find; not open)
5 I ................................... Bob I couldn't go to the theatre, but he....................................the tickets.
[already tell; buy)

We use the past perfect after when to show that something was completely finished.
When I had watered all the flowers, I sat down and had a cool drink.
When Susan had done her shopping, she went to visit her sister.

^ Make sentences using the past perfect after when.

► Jan finished her dinner. Then she sat down to watch TV.
Whevcjavc had fliAslshed her dlvcvcer^ she sa t dowvv to watch t v .

► David phoned his girlfriend. Before that he did his piano practice.
T>ayld -phovced his. c^lrl-frlevcd wheiA, he had. dp ^e h ls^la yyo practice...

1 George ate all the chocolate biscuits. Then he started eating the lemon ones.

2 I turned off the lights in the office. Then I locked the door and left.

3 I borrowed Karen's newspaper. Before that she read it.

4 Mark had a long hot shower. Before that he did his exercises.

5 Barry phoned his mother with the good news. Then he went to bed.

Nothing had changed

When I went back to my old school Travellers had camped in the dining-room,
nothing had changed. and left their names on the walls.

Well, OK, Wind blew
the place had closed down. through the rooms where I had sat for so long
and learnt so little.
Doors stood wide, Rubbish piled up in the corners.
windows had lost their glass,
ceilings had fallen. But nothing important had changed.

-» For the past perfect in indirect speech, see page 265.

In some answers, both contracted forms (for example I'm, don't) and full PERFECT TENSES 69
forms (for example lam, do not) are possible. Normally both are correct.