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C- Comolete the sentences using the verbs in parentheses. Use the simple past and the past perfect forms.

1. Ahmed had cooked ( cook ) his favorite meal when the pan caught ( catch ) fire .

2. By the time we arrived ( arrive ) at the picnic, the rain has stopped ( stop ) .

3. Dinosaurs had been ( be ) extinct for millions of years before the first humans appeared ( appear ) .

4. I had never traveled ( never , travel ) outside my country untill went ( go ) to Disney World last summer .

5. We wanted to get a picture of the meteorite, but when we arrived ( arrive ), the police had already taken ( already , take ) it away . 

D- Read the article from a small-village newspaper about a local amateur car repairer. Complete the article with the correct form of the verbs. For some answers , both the simple past and the past perfect forms are possible .

Hobbyist Engine Repairer Forgets Important Detail

HILLCREST, Texas-John Wilkinson, an amateur car mechanic, attempted (1.attempet) to fix his car's engine after it started to make strange noises.

Wilkinson spent (2.spend) weeks planning every detail of the repair. He bought (3.buy) all the extra tools he required, and took (4.take) the engine off his car .

Wilkinson felt (5.feel) confident that he had planned (6.plan) all the delicate work completely and correctly. The repair itself went (7.go) off without a hitch . The problems began when Wilkinson tried (8.try) to test the engine after three days of work in his garage .

Wilkinson ran (9.decide) to run the engine after he put everything back in place . He left (10.leave) the engine running for a long time to test it. He then tried (11.try) to drive the car to check that all was working perfectly but the engine suddenly stopped. Wilkinson was very worried that something had gone wrong with the engine. but he then discovered (12.discover) that he had made (13.make) an incredibly foolish mistake. He thought (14.think) so much about repairing and checking the engine . that he had locked(15.forget) to fill the gas tank before starting the test drive!