Question

Complete with the past perfect or past simple. By the time we went our money. (go) home, we had spent (spend) oli 2 They (Just / move) into this house when we 3 4 Harry (meet) them. (just finish) my project when the phone (have) a shower after he (ring) (wash) his dad's cor. 5 only b By the time Chrissie (find) my pen after (get) to the cinema, the film (buy) a new one. (already / stort). We (already have) lunch when Penny (arrive). 8 (lock) the door before (leave) the house. ​

Answer 1

By the time we went home, we had spent all of our money. Explanation: When we use the phrase "by the time," we are referring to a specific point in the past. In this case, it is when we went home. The action of going home happened first, and then the action of spending all of our money happened before that. Therefore, we use the past perfect tense (had spent) to show that the action of spending all our money was completed before the action of going home.