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Last Saturday, Maria went with three friends to the cinema. She arrived first and 1 … (decided) to buy some popcorn. She 2 … (was looking) in her bag for her money when she 3 … (realised) that she 4 … (had leaft) her purse at home. Her friends met her as she 5 … (was walking) back home. Fortunately, one of them 6 … (lent) her some money. By the time they got into the cinema, the film 7 … (had started) and they 8 … (had missed) the first scene so they never9 … (found out) why all the people in the village were extremely tall and 10 … (had) green hair.

Last January, my boyfriend and I were returning
from our skiing holiday in Switzerland. We were
on a train to Geneva. Suddenly
the train stopped in the middle of a snowy
field. A few minutes later a conductor
came and explained the train was stuck in the
snow. We all got off and walked through deep
snow to a nearby village, where we were put
in a school building. Some friendly people
immediately brought us hot coffee and
food. After that we slept in the
classrooms. Meanwhile, a snow plough
arrived and dug out our train. 
Eventually we got on the train again
and arrived in Geneva the next day.  
Unfortunately, we'd missed our
flight home. At first, the airline
wanted us to pay the full price of a new ticket.
Fortunately, we managed to
persuade them that the situation was special
and in the end they put us on the
next flight at no extra charge. 
Finally, we arrived home a day later, exhausted
but amused by our adventure.

2) Complete the sentences with the verbs in
brackets in the past perfect.

Mike was hungry because he had left_
(leave) his sandwiches at home.
How long had you known_ (you/know) Steve before
you married him?
Jessica was nervous because she__had never flown__
(never/fly) before.
I didn't know who the man was; _I hadn't seen__
(not see) him before.
Everything was ready; they _had brought_ (bring)
all the equipment the day before.

3) Complete each sentence with one verb in
the past simple and one in the past perfect.

When Sophie (came) to the party,
Nick __had___ (already left).
The rescue teams (arrived)
immediately after the accident
__had (happened).
I_ (heard) a lot about John before we
__had (met).
Jack _ (was) annoyed because he
_had (just had) an argument
with his boss.
After we_had (finished) all the work, we
_ (went) bowling to relax.

4) Complete the text with the verbs in brackets
in the correct form (past simple or past perfect).

It was 10 p.m. when Julia finally made
(make) herself a cup of hot chocolate and
(sat) down on the sofa.
It __was__ (be) a long, tiring day. She _had ___
(have) eight lessons at school and
then she (helped) her friend Zoe to
decorate her room. Now she (felt)
really exhausted, but also pleased with herself,
because she _had_ (never painted) a room
before and she _had done_ (do) a good job.
 She _ (took) a long delicious drink
of the hot chocolate and _ (opened) a
magazine. She__ (saw) a mobile phone
advertisement and suddenly she _
(remembered) something. Oh no! She _ 
(had left) her mobile in Zoe's flat!