B. Past Simple or Past Perfect? Read the sentences and circle the correct options.




1. The robbers left/ had left the bank when the policemen finally arrived / had arrived.

2. When the rain started / had started, the Atkinsons finished / had finished planting trees.

4. Darcey saw / had seen this castle before she came / had come again last Sunday.

5. Mr.Palmer didn't speak / hadn't spoken any Chinese before he moved / had moved to Peking.

6. Sonny got/ had got fainted by the time the ambulance reached / had reached the hospital.


C. Past Simple or Past Perfect Simple - fill in the correct form.


1) I (not tell) my teacher that my mum
(help) me with my
homework.

2. Paul
(not say) that he
(take) Albert's watch.

3. The bike
(be) much more expensive than he
(think) at
first.

4. Dad
(drive) me home after
(fall) into the water.

5. Marion
(ask) me what
(happen) to me last week.

6. We
(eat) two Big Macs before we
(go) home.