Past Simple or Past Perfect

Betty ____ (feel) nervous because she ____ (not be) in hospital before.

Sue _____ (wait) nearly an hour before the doctor ___ (see) her.

I ____ (forget) to take my medicine so I ____ (begin) to feel dizzy,

By the time Mandy ____ (fall) asleep she ____ (finish) reading her book on acupuncture.

Before I ____ (buy) a new pair of glasses I ____ (have) my eyes tested at the optician's.

He ____ (see) the dentist because he _____ (break) a tooth playing football.

By the time the ambulance _____ (arrive), Jane _____ (begin) to feel much better.

By the time the ambulance ____, the woman ____ bleeding

• had arrived

• arrived

• stopped

• had stopped

My sore throat ___ by the time I ____ a chemists's that was open.

• went

• had gone

• found

• had found

Hanna's temperature ____ after she ___ the medicine.

• droppped

• had dropped

• took

• had taken