I ______ (finish) my homework before dinner.
I had finished my homework before dinner.
Anna ______ (sign up) for the competition before the teacher and Yasmin ______ (know) about it.
Anna had signed up for the competition before the teacher and Yasmin knew about it.
They ________ (play) the guitar when his mom came home.
They were playing the guitar when his mom came home.
I ______ (study) for three hours when she ______ (call).
I had been studying for three hours when she called.
By the time I ________ (arrive) at the station, the train ________ (already/leave).
By the time I arrived at the station, the train had already left.
She ______ (leave) the party by the time I arrived.
She had left the party by the time I arrived.
Emma _______ (shout) in class and _______ (throw) her paper planes.
Emma shouted in class and threw her paper planes.
My mom _____ (not / cook) when my dad arrived.
My mom was not (wasn't) cooking when my dad arrived.
We ______ (wait) for the bus for forty minutes before it _______ (arrive).
We had been waiting for the bus for forty minutes before it arrived.
They ________ (wait) for over an hour when the bus finally ________ (arrived).
They had been waiting for over an hour when the bus finally arrived.
They _____ (live) in the city before they _____ (move) to the countryside.
They had lived in the city before they moved to the countryside.
Robert and Daniel ______ (play) Jeopardy for three hours before they _______ (come) to school.
Robert and Daniel had been playing Jeopardy for three hours before they came to school.
Make into a question:
_____ Julie ______ (sleep) at 7 o'clock yesterday morning?
Was Julie sleeping at 7 o'clock yesterday morning?
The team ______ (train) hard for months before the championship.
The team had been training hard for months before the championship.
I ______ (get) home, and then I ______ (eat) dinner.
I got home, and then I ate dinner.
The meeting ______ (end) before he _______ (get) there.
The meeting had ended before he got there.
I _____ (be) to Paris before my brother _____ (go) there.
I had been to Paris before my brother went there.
You ______ (not / listen) to me while I was talking.
You were not (weren't) listening to me while I was talking.
They _______ (travel) for a month before they ______ (return) home.
They had been traveling for a month before they returned home.
He _______ (play) football when he _______ (twist) his ankle.
He was playing football when he twisted his ankle.
He ______ (not / travel) abroad before he ______ (go) to France.
He had not traveled abroad before he went to France.
They _______ (come) home and ________ (see) all the windows broken. They _______ (realize) someone ________ (rob) them.
They came home and saw all the windows broken. They realized someone had robbed them.
When the police ______ (arrive) at the party, the music _______ (play) very loudly and everyone _______ (shout).
When the police arrived at the party, the music was playing very loudly and everyone was shouting.
By the time you _______ (arrive), I _______ (cook) for hours.
By the time you arrived, I had been cooking for hours.
I ________ (see) an interesting movie on TV yesterday afternoon.
I was watching an interesting movie on TV yesterday afternoon.