Past Simple or Past Perfect? Read the sentences carefully 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.
3. By the time Rebecca went/ had gone into the store, she got / had got soaked.
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.
7. When my mother brought/ had brought me an apple, I finished / had finished my homework.
8. Mrs.Wilkinson refused / had refused to drive the car because she had / had had a terrible
accident on the highway about a year ago.
9. I didn't think / hadn't thought of having a new house before I saw / had seen that ad on TV.
10. My uncle didn't try / hadn't tried Italian food before went/ had gone to that restaurant.
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