Complete the sentences using the simple form of the past or past perfect tense.

Complete the sentences using the simple form of the past or past perfect tense.

1. By the time we __got__ to the stadium, the performance _had already started_, so we missed the first two songs. (GET, ALREADY START)

2. When we _arrived_ in Spain the airport management told us that they _had lost_ our luggage. (ARRIVE, LOSE)

3. After I _had_ a large meal, I _started_ to feel sick. (HAVE, START)

4. The shoes were very clean because I _spent_ hours cleaning them. (SPEND)

5. It _wasn’t__his first trip to India. He _had been_ there several times before. (NOT BE, BE)

6. My neighbour told me that she _bought_ a new car a month before. (BUY)

7. Yesterday I _went__ downtown to see Peter. I __hadn’t met__ him for months. (GO, NOT MEET)

8. I _saw__Matrix for the first time yesterday. I _had never seen__ it before. (SEE, NEVER SEE)

9. She __didn’t know_ him for very long when she __decided__ to get married. (NOT KNOW, DECIDE)

10. When he _arrived__, the party was over. Everyone _had already left__. (ARRIVE, ALREADY LEAVE)

11. I was happy after I _finished__ my first lesson as an instructor. (FINISH)

12. I visited the hospital where the ambulance __took__my mother. (TAKE)

13. Everyone _had left__ the house by the time I __came__ home. (LEAVE, COME)

14. As soon as he _repeared__ the old clock on the wall it _broke_ again (REPAIR, BREAK)

15. I __bought_a new car because my old one _was stolen__ (BUY, BE STEAL)

16. The teacher asked me why I _didn’t do_ my homework. (NOT DO)