Base → Simple Past
Simple Past → Base
Base → Past Perfect
Past Perfect → Base
Which Happened First?
100

go

went

100

ate

eat

100

see

had seen

100

had gone

go

100

By the time we arrived, the movie ___ (already/start).

had already started

200

write

wrote

200

brought

bring

200

break

had broken

200

had taken

take

200

She ___ (finish) her homework before her mom got home.

had finished

300

begin

began
300

came

come

300

choose

had chosen

300

had make

make

300

He was tired because he ___ (run) five miles that morning.

had run

400

swim

swam

400

drove

drive

400

eat

had eaten

400

had known

know

400

I recognized her because I ___ (meet) her before.

had met

500

lie (to recline)

lay

500

sought

seek

500

rise

had risen

500

had given

gave

500

They couldn't get in because they ___ (forget) their keys.

had forgotten

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