I.Complete the sentences with the past simple and the past perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
Ex.: I couldn't (can) phone you because I had left (leave) my phone at home.
1. Lucy ........... (run) all the way here, so she ........... (feel) exhausted.
2. My piano teacher .......... (get) angry because I .......... (not practise).
3. As soon as we ......... (finish) lunch, we ........ (go) into town.
4. By the time we ....... (arrive) at the cinema, the film ......... (start).
5. Mum ....... (shout) at me because I ....... (not tidy) the kitchen.
6. By midnight, Joanna still ....... (not phone), so I ......... (go) to bed.


II. Choose the best ending for each sentence: a or b.
1. I didn't have any money for the bus because I
a. spent it all. b. had spent it all.
2. It was a hot and sunny day, but a cool breeze
a. blew. b. was blowing.
3. When the phone rand, Lucy.
a. answered it. b. was answering it.
4. I couldn't hear the film because the people in front of me
a. were making a lot of noise. b. had made a lot of noise.
5. In the morning, we couldn't see our footprints in the snow because during the night it
a. was snowing again. b. had snowed again.
6. I had to use my brother's laptop because I
a. broke mine. b. had broken mine.