1) George ____ (cook) dinner when his wife ___ (arrive). a) cooked / had arrived b) had cooked / arrived c) had cooked / had arrived 2) By the time she ____ (finish) the exam, most students ____ (leave) the classroom. a) finished / had left b) had finished / had left c) had finished / left 3) The plane ______ (take off) before Mr. and Mrs. Spielberg _____ (board) so they complained to the airline.  a) took off / had boarded b) had taken off / boarded c) taken / boarded 4) She _____ (read) all her birthday messages by the time she ______ (give) a thank-you speech. a) had read / had given b) had read / gave c) read / had given 5) We were surprised because the music ____ (start) before the actors _____ (appear) on stage. a) had started / had appeared b) had started / appeared c) started / had appeared 6) Before his sixth birthday, John _____ (not be) to a swimming pool. a) hadn't been b) wasn't c) didn't be 7) Monica _____ (quit) her job by the time I ____ (join) the company. a) quit / had joined b) had quit / had joined c) had quit / joined 8) Paul _____ (read) a lot about giraffes before he ____ (go) to the zoo. a) had read / went b) had read / had gone c) read / had gone 9) When I _______ (wake up) I realized there _____ a flood in my town. a) had woken up / had been b) woke up / had been c) had woken up / was 10) I ____ (know) my husband for three years before we _____ (got) married. a) had known / got b) had known / had got c) knew / get 11) By the time Mario Vargas Llosa _____ (won) the Nobel Prize he _____ (write) The City and the Dogs. a) win / had wrote b) had won / wrote c) won / had written

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