1 Complete the sentences with the Past Perfect form of the verbs in brackets.

1 Denise had been (be) a teacher before she
became a writer.

2 (...) you (...) (finish) your dinner before you
watched the match?

3 (...) you ever (...) (read) a play before?

4 | (...) (buy) a new laptop before I started the
new school.

5 They were worried because Jake (...)
(not arrive).

6 The teenagers (...) (not learn) any Chinese
before they went to Beijing.