Past Simple or Past Perfect

stick

1 Barbara ____________________ her tongue out at the teacher .

2 Rachel ____________________ by Colin for years , when she finally decided it was time to separate .

fall

3 Harry ____________________ in love with a Greek girl while he was working in Athens .

4 He ____________________ in love before , but this was different . He wanted to marry her .

cost

5 It ____________________ an awful lot to have our car fixed .

6 Ted told me his new car ____________________ a fortune .

catch

7 Suzy wondered how she ____________________ a cold in the middle of her summer holiday .

8 She ____________________ a taxi outside the restaurant , and went back to her hotel .

hold

9 World leaders ____________________ talks in New York last week to discuss global warming

10 It was lucky that the manager ____________________ a planning meeting the day before the presentation .

beat

11 The sun ____________________ down as the soldiers struggled to climb the hill .

12 Stewart was upset because Jordan ____________________ him in tennis again .