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Past Simple and Past Perfect — Exercise 2

Put the verbs in brackets into the gaps in the correct tense — Past Simple or Past Perfect.
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After Kevin
his dinner, he
the washing up. (eat / do)
After Kevin had eaten his dinner, he did the washing up.
  1. 1.
    Emma
    by 10 o’clock. (arrive)
  2. 2.
    Chris
    the letter,
    a stamp on it and
    . (seal / put / post)
  3. 3.
    I
    my essay before going to the party. (finish)
  4. 4.
    She
    a minute ago. (call)
  5. 5.
    Shakespeare
    a lot of plays. (write)
  6. 6.
    William was sad because he
    the test. (fail)
  7. 7.
    There was no juice left because we
    it all. (drink)
  8. 8.
    The meeting
    already
    by the time we
    . (start / arrive)
  9. 9.
    Steve Jobs
    in 2011. (die)
  10. 10.
    When Fred
    the house, he
    that he
    his wallet at home. (leave / realize / forget)
  11. 11.
    After Olivia and Ryan
    their homework, they
    to go for a walk. (do / decide)
  12. 12.
    The children
    to school by bus yesterday. (go)
  13. 13.
    First we
    breakfast then we
    for work. (have / leave)
  14. 14.
    They
    asleep before 10 pm. (fall)
  15. 15.
    I
    never
    to the opera before the last night. (be)
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