Exercise 1. Use the verbs in brackets in the past perfect.

Gap-fill exercise

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The past perfect
Example:
After the tragic death of Pierre Curie in 1906, she took up the position which her husband had obtained at the Sorbonne.
1. Why did Tom's mother get angry with him?
Because he (break) her favourite vase.
2. When did you watch TV last night?
When I (do) all my homework.
3. Did you first see them at my last birthday party?
No, I (meet) them before.
4. Why did she retum home?
She suddenly remembered she (not tum off) the gas stove.
5. How did they like our city?
They said it was the loveliest city they ever (see) .
6. It rained yesterday after it (be) dry for months.
7. By the time he arrived, all his classmates (leave) .
8. We didn't have their new phone number because they (move) to the South.
9. When they met again, they (not see) each other for 10 years.
10. When I came, the room was in a terrible mess because someone (break in) .