Complete the text with the past simple or past perfect tense.
1)When I ................................... (be) 18 years old I ....................................... (decide) to spend some time
in America. 2)But until I ................................. (save) enough money I ........................................ (not tell)
anybody. 3)My mum ................................................... (be shocked), because we .......................................
(never be) abroad. 4)At that time I ........................... (have) a penfriend in Vermont for nearly three years
and I ......................................... (always want) to see her. 5)I .............................. (know) that my English
...................... (be) very good as I ................................. (pass) Cambridge exams with grade A.
6)Before I .................................. (start) to write to Wendy, it ............................................... (never come)
to my mind that I could go to the States on my own. 7)But after I ............................................. (decide) to
set off I just ............................... (have) to go.