Join the sentences and write about Lucy's day. Use the past perfect simple and the past simple.

Lucy's Awful Day

1. She got up late because she had forgotten to set the alarm clock.
2. She didn't have a clean T-shirt to wear because her Mum had put all her T-shirts in the wash.
3. She arrived at the bus stop when the school bus had already left.
4. She didn't do well because she hadn't studied for it.
5. Lucy put the phone down by the time the soap opera had finished.
6. She woke up when the kitchen had filled with smoke.
7. She called the fire brigade when she remembered the toast.

Lucy had an awful day yesterday. Things started to go wrong early in the morning. First of all, she got up late because she had forgotten to set the alarm clock the night before. Then it was time for the Geography test. Lucy had forgotten all about it! She had to walk because the school bus had left. Her favourite soap opera was on TV at 5 o'clock. At 4.55, Christina, her best friend called. She wanted some help with a Maths exercise. Later in the evening, she decided to make some toast. She put the bread in the toaster and she went to sit on the sofa, in the living room. She was very tired and she fell asleep. Lucy ran to the phone. There was no fire - just a slice of burnt toast!

Answer: The sentences are joined and written in the past simple and past perfect simple tenses as shown above.