Past simple or past perfect? 1) i (enjoyed/had enjoyed) the film even though i (saw/had seen) it before. 2) i got up late that morning so when i (arrived/had arrived) at the station, the train (already left/had already left). 3) i couldn't speak to them because when i (phoned/had phoned, they (went/had gone) out already. 4) we realised that we (met/had met)before as soon we (saw/had seen) each other. 5) they (lived/had lived) in their house for twenty years when they (decided/had decided) t osell it. 6) my sister (bought/had bought) me a novel but i (already read/had already read) it. 7) as soon as i heard his voice, i (knew/had known) we (met/had met) before. 8) when i (opened/had opened) the door, the lesson (already began/had already begun). 9) she (painted/had painted) the wall before the children (came/had come) home. 10) the pupils (didn't finish/hadn't finished) the test when the bell (rang/had rang). 11) i (met/had met) ann a week ago. she (just returned/had just returned from a business trip. 12) as soon as i (heard/had heard) a cry, i (ran/had run) out of the room. 13) i (tried/had tried) to phone john in the morning, but he (already left/had already left). 14) the children (didn't clean/hadn't cleaned) the room before their parents (came/had come) home. 15) i (finished/had finished) writing the project at 6 o'clock yesterday. 16) i (wrote/had written) the composition by 6 o'clock yesterday. 17) the teacher (understood/had understood) that the pupils (didn't do/hadn't done) their homework. 18) when my brother (returned/had returned) home, we (went/had gone) for a walk together. 19) he (told/had told) me that he (never played/had never played) football before. 20) she (was/had been) a nurce before she (became/had become) a doctor.