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Exercise on Past Perfect Simple

Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect simple).

  1. The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we (build) .
  2. He (not / be) to Cape Town before 1997.
  3. When she went out to play, she (do / already) her homework.
  4. My brother ate all of the cake that our mum (make) .
  5. The doctor took off the plaster that he (put on) six weeks before.
  6. The waiter brought a drink that I (not / order) .
  7. I could not remember the poem we (learn) the week before.
  8. The children collected the chestnuts that (fall) from the tree.
  9. (he / phone) Angie before he went to see her in London?
  10. She (not / ride) a horse before that day.