Choose Past Simple or Past Perfect.



There was nobody at the party when we arrived. Everyone (went/had gone) home.
She (heard/had heard) a strange noise downstairs and went to see what had happened.
He couldn’t sing at the contest because he (went/had gone down) with flu the day before.
I was very weak and slow in the evening because I (didn’t eat/hadn’t eaten) since morning.
The conference ended sooner than we (anticipated/had anticipated).
They all (played/had played) classic music before they became a rock band.
As soon as mother (left/had left) the children rushed into the kitchen.