Put the verb in brackets in the either the past simple or past perfect. a) i cooked a chicken curry for some friends, but i (not find) out until the next day that i : -(give) them all food poisoning. b) sandra (ring) her friend dawn to ask about her holiday. dawn _ just (return) from a cruise in the caribbean. c) since he was a little boy, mark (want) to go to oxford university and study to become a doctor. imaging his delight when he (do) really well in all his exams! his childhood dream (come) true. d) kenneth (have) a very difficult week. on monday a water pipe (burst) and flooded the kitchen, on wednesday the central heating (break) down, and on friday his wife (leave) him. e) keith and fiona (go) to brighton for their holiday last year. they (be) there the year before and they (have) an awful time, so i can't understand why they ~ (decide) to go back again. f) rachel (be) a successful model before she (become) a teacher. she ' (earn) a lot of money, but then she (give) it all up for the classroom. 25 put the verb in brackets in the either the past simple or past perfect simple. a) i cooked a chicken curry for some friends, but i (not find) out until the next day that i : -(give) them all food poisoning. b) sandra (ring) her friend dawn to ask about her holiday. dawn _ just (return) from a cruise in the caribbean. c) since he was a little boy, mark (want) to go to oxford university and study to become a doctor. imaging his delight when he (do) really well in all his exams! his childhood dream (come) true. d) kenneth (have) a very difficult week. on monday a water pipe (burst) and flooded the kitchen, on wednesday the central heating (break) down, and on friday his wife (leave) him. e) keith and fiona (go) to brighton for their holiday last year. they (be) there the year before and they (have) an awful time, so i can't understand why they ~ (decide) to go back again. f) rachel (be) a successful model before she (become) a teacher. she ' (earn) a lot of money, but then she (give) it all up for the classroom