Past Perfect Simple vs. Past Simple

Yesterday, the police __________ a criminal who _____________ from prison last month.

• arrested / had escaped

• had arrested / escaped

I __________ from university yet when I __________ my first job.

• hadn't graduated / got

• didn't graduate / had got

Daniel's father ___________ him because he ___________ his classmate's pencils.

• had reprimanded / stole

• reprimanded / had stolen

Julissa ________ me that she _________ that film days ago.

• had told / saw

• told / had seen

Anna _________ in Arequipa for twenty years before she ___________ to Lima.

• lived / had moved

• had lived / moved

After I ________ my homework, I _________ out to play with my friends.

• had done / went

• did / had gone

Wendy __________ for her boyfriend for thirty minutes when she ____________ to leave.

• waited / had decided

• had waited / decided

My grandchildren ___________ to know what animals I ____________ on my safari trip in Africa.

• wanted / had seen

• had wanted / saw

When I was in school, English was my favourite subject. I ___________ some English because I ____________ to the UK many times for my family's holidays.

• knew / had travelled

• had known / travelled

I __________ exhausted because I ___________ too much!

• was / had studied

• had been / studied