Open the brackets using past simple or past perfect. jill (be) afraid she (forget) her key at home, but she (find) it in her handbag. dad (not be) at home when i (come) back. he (go) out twenty minutes before. i (not be) hungry because i (just/have) breakfast. peter (see) an urgent message on his table. (leave) it the day before. i (apologize) i /phone) her earlier. he (tell) me that he (come back) a fortnight before. i (know) him at once though i (meet) him many years before. we (spend) the night in klin, a town we (often/hear of) (never/see). they (can) believe he (give up) his job in the bank. jackson ) that he (already/buy) everything for lunch.