1) I had cleaned the house by the time the guests arrived. a) The sentence means that: The guests arrived before I finished cleaning the house. b) The sentence means that: I finished cleaning before the guests came. c) Both actions happened at the same time 2) She hadn’t seen the movie before I recommended it. a) The sentence means that: She didn’t see the movie before I recommended it. b) The sentence means that: I didn’t recommend the movie before she saw it. c) Both actions happened at the same time 3) He hadn’t slept much when he began his presentation. a) The sentence means that: He gave the presentation after getting little sleep. b) The sentence means that: He slept enough before his presentation. c) Both actions happened at the same time 4) By the time I arrived, they had already started the meeting. a) The sentence means that: I arrived before the meeting started. b) The sentence means that: They started the meeting before I arrived. c) Both actions happened at the same time 5) She had just left when it started to rain. a) The sentence means that: She left right before it started raining. b) The sentence means that: It started to rain before she left. c) Both actions happened at the same time 6) They hadn’t finished the project by the time the deadline arrived. a) The sentence means that: They didn’t complete the project before the deadline. b) The sentence means that: The deadline had not yet happened when they finished the project. c) Both actions happened at the same time 7) I had already eaten dinner before she called. a) The sentence means that: She called before I ate dinner. b) The sentence means that: I ate dinner first, then she called. c) Both actions happened at the same time 8) They hadn’t saved enough money before they bought the house. a) The sentence means that: They bought the house without having saved enough money. b) The sentence means that: They had saved enough money before buying the house. c) Both actions happened at the same time 9) She had just fallen asleep when the baby started crying. a) The sentence means that: The baby cried before she fell asleep. b) The sentence means that: She fell asleep moments before the baby cried. c) Both actions happened at the same time 10) I hadn't finished homework when the class started. a) The sentence means that: I didn’t finish my homework before the class started. b) The sentence means that: I still had finished homework before class started. c) Both actions happened at the same time

Past perfect simple + simple past: what happened first?

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