GE7_PAST: PERFECT/SIMPLE_self-check

By the time we ... (get) to the stadium, the performance ... (start) already .

The airport management ... (tell) us that they ... (lose) our luggage.

The shoes ... (be) very clean because I ... (spend) hours cleaning them.

It ... (be) not his first trip to India, he ... (be) there several times before.

Ann ... (say) she ... (buy) a new car a month before.

Yesterday I ... (go) downtown to see Peter because I ... (not/meet) him for months.

My friend Tim ... (not/feel) well yesterday because he ... (eat) too many sweets.

She ... (know) him for a year before they finally ... (go) on holidays together.

I ... (ask) him what ... (happen).

The next morning, I ... (realise) that someone ... (steal) my new bike.