4. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Perfect or

4. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Perfect or the Past Indefinite.


He (be) ____ a newspaper reporter before he (become) _____ a businessman.


I (feel) _____ a little better after I (take) _____ the medicine.


I was late. The teacher (give, already) a quiz when I (get) _____ to class.


The anthropologist (leave) _____ the village when she (collect) _____ enough data.


It was raining hard, but by the time class (be) _____ over, the rain (stop) _____.


Millions of years ago, dinosaurs (roam) _____ the earth, but they (become) _____ extinct by the time humankind first (appear) _____.


I (see, never) _____ any of Picasso's paintings before I (visit) _____ the art museum.


I almost missed my plane. All of the other passengers (board, already) _____ by the time I (get) _____ there.


Yesterday at a restaurant, I (see) _____ Pam Donnelly, an old friend of mine. I (see, not) _____ her in years. At first, I (recognize, not) _____ her because she (lose) _____ at least fifty pounds.


10. We were driving along the road when we (see) _____ a car which (break)


_____ down, so we (stop) _____ to see if we could help.