Complete the sentences. Use the past simple or past perfect form of the verbs.

1. By the time we got to the party, it had finished. 2. They had learned a lot of Chinese before they went to live in China. 3. Sophie had gone to the cinema when she was younger. 4. The farmer had collected the eggs before it got dark. 5. By the time the footballer reached the goal, the other team had scored! 6. By the time he was six, he had read all of the books in the series. 7. When I got home, they had made the dinner. 8. He had promised to do it on time, but he had not finished by Tuesday! 9. David forgot the meeting as he had not written it in his diary.