Make the past perfect:

The garden was dead because it ____________________ ____________________ ( be ) dry all summer .

He ____________________ ____________________ ( meet ) her before somewhere .

We were late for the plane because we ____________________ ____________________ ( forget ) our passports .

She told me that she ____________________ ____________________ ( study ) a lot before the exam .

The grass was yellow because it ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ( not / rain ) all summer .

The lights went off because we ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ( not / pay ) the electricity bill .

The children ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ( not / do ) their homework , so they were in trouble .

____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ( John / meet ) Lucy before they went on holiday together ?

____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ( you / do ) your homework already ?

Where ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ( she / work ) ?