Question

Use the Past Perfect where necessary:
1. The two parties (reach) an agreement when the member of our group made
the suggestion, so he had to accept it.
2. The Parliament (pass) this law a very long time ago.
3. By the time I called the office the secretary (leave).
4. When we wanted to complain about the PR officer being rude, the manager (fire)
him.
5. Discrimination (be) a current practice in the company long before she brought up
the issue.
6. They changed their policy after a group of unsatisfied clients (sue) the company.
7. When they arrived the conference (begin) and they did not want to disturb
the participants, so they left.
8. The chairman opened the session after everybody (consult) the agenda.
9. We wanted to help them but by the time we got there they (finish) writing
the recommendations.
10.When she decided to accept the offer it was too late. Someone else (hire) as an
assistant manager.

Answer 1

1. had reached
2. had passed
3. had left
4. had fired
5. had been
6. had sued
7. had begun
8. had consulted
9. had finished
10. had hired