Sentence Completion 1
Before I (start) my present job, I (work) for a bank for two years.
Before I started my present job, I worked…
I couldn't see anything as I (lose) my glasses.
I couldn't see anything as I had lost my glasses.
As soon as she was seeing the time, she was jumping out of bed.
As soon as she saw the time, she jumped out of bed.
When I had got to the office, my boss had been leaving.
When I got to the office, my boss left / was leaving / had (already) left.
They (wait) until everyone had (leave) the bank and then (break in).
They waited until everyone had left the bank and then broke in.
I was so late that by the time I got there, all the food (eat).
I was so late that by the time I got there, all the food had been eaten.
By the time our food arrived, we waited half an hour.
By the time our food arrived, we had been waiting half an hour.
She'd been writing twenty letters, so she was tired.
She’d written twenty letters, so she was tired.
When the helicopter finally (find) us, we (sit) in the lifeboat for hours and (eat) all our food.
When the helicopter finally found us, we had been sitting in the lifeboat for hours and had eaten all our food.
He was covered in blood and (tear) his jacket. It was clear he (fight) again.
He was covered in blood and had torn his jacket. It was clear he had been fighting again.
By the time the emergency supplies arrived, thirty people had been dying.
By the time the emergency supplies arrived, thirty people had died.
After I graduated, I was living in London for ten years.
After I graduated, I lived in London for ten years.
I (meet) her when we (be) at school together.
I met her when we were at school together.
The kitchen was a mess as I (cook) all day.
The kitchen was a mess as I had been cooking all day.
The roads were very slippery as it rained all morning.
The roads were very slippery as it had been raining all morning.
When she ate her sandwich, she went to bed.
When she had eaten her sandwich, she went to bed.
When we (get) to the party, everyone (dance and drink).
When we got to the party everyone was dancing and drinking.
Before I (leave) home, I (call) the office.
Before I left home, I called the office.
When I was a small child, we had lived in a house in the country.
When I was a small child, we lived in a house in the country.