2write the verbs in brackets in the past perfect simple or past perfect continuous. 1i couldn’t open the suitcase because i __ (lose) the key. 2she had a good tan because she __ (sit) in the sun all morning. 3paula couldn’t use her debit card because she __ (forget) her pin number. 4we __ (wait) for over an hour before the repair truck arrived. 5when the policeman asked for my id card, i said i __ (leave) it in my hotel. 6their boots were dirty because they (play) football all morning. 7i couldn’t stop the car because the brakes __ (fail). 8the garden was all white because it __ (snow) heavily all night. 9she started to cry when i told her her dog __ (die). 10i got to work late because i__ (wake up) late that morning. 4 put the verbs in brackets into the past simple, the past continuous, the past perfect or the past perfect continuous. i (0) (find) this story while i (1) (read) spotlight the other day: ‘in 1986, a canadian man (2) (rise) from the sofa where he (3) (fall) asleep, (4) (drive) 14 miles, (5) (kill) his mother-in-law and seriously (6) (injure) his father-in-law. he was charged with murder but acquitted when a court (7) (accept) his lawyer’s argument – and his physician’s evidence – that he (8) (sleepwalk).’

1 i couldn’t open the suitcase because i  had lost  the key.

2 she had a good tan because she  had been sitting  in the sun all morning.

3 paula couldn’t use her debit card because she  had forgotten  her pin number.

4 we  had been waiting  for over an hour before the repair truck arrived.

5 when the policeman asked for my id card, i said i  had left  it in my hotel.

6 their boots were dirty because they  had been playing  football all morning.

7 i couldn’t stop the car because the brakes  had failed.

8 the garden was all white because it  had been snowing  heavily all night.

9 she started to cry when i told her her dog  had died.

10 i got to work late because i  had woken up  late that morning.

i found this story while i  was reading  spotlight the other day: ‘in 1986, a canadian man  rose  from the sofa where he  had fallen  asleep,  drove  14 miles,  killed  his mother-in-law and seriously  injured  his father-in-law. he was charged with murder but acquitted when a court  accepted  his lawyer’s argument – and his physician’s evidence – that he  had been  sleepwalking.’

2)  1       i couldn’t open the suitcase because i had lost  the key.

2                    she had a good tan because she had been sitting  in the sun all morning.

3                    paula couldn’t use her debit card because she had forgotten  her pin number.

4                    we had been waiting  for over an hour before the repair truck arrived.

5                    when the policeman asked for my id card, i said i had left  it in my hotel.

6                    their boots were dirty because they  had been playing  football all morning.

7                    i couldn’t stop the car because the brakes had failed.

8                    the garden was all white because it had been snowing  heavily all night.

9                    she started to cry when i told her her dog had died.

10                i got to work late because i  had woken up  late that morning.

4)  i found this story while i  was reading spotlight the other day: ‘in 1986, a canadian man rose from the sofa where he had fallen  asleep, drove 14 miles, killed  his mother-in-law and seriously injured his father-in-law. he was charged with murder but acquitted when a court had accepted his lawyer’s argument – and his physician’s evidence – that he had been  sleepwalking.’