Complete the sentences by putting the verbs in brackets into the simple past or past perfect.
1. The film…… …. (already/ end) by the time he ....... ........... (arrive).
2. I…… …… (go) downstairs because I ........ .............. (hear) a noise.
3. We ...... ......(cannot/ send) you a postcard because we ................ (forget) our address book.
4..... .......(you/ finish) your homework before you went to the cinema?
5. I went to the box office at lunchtime, but they.. ..............(already/ sell) all the tickets.
6. I felt very tired when I got home, so I ......................(go) straight to bed.
7. I felt better by the summer, but the doctor warned me not to do too much. I.... .............(be) very ill.
8. Mai (live)..... ...... in Hai Phong for five years before she (move) ... ......to Ha Noi three years ago
9. Phong (tell)...... ........... me yesterday that he (learn).... ..................French for a year.
10. Ms. Hong (work) .... ............ at our school for twenty years before she (retire) .... ............ last June