Choose the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Perfect).
1. They (show) their holidays.
2. In the evening, the children (tell) me the pictures they (take) during their trip and what they (see) at the zoo.
3. The boy (be) ...
4. My friend (eat) ...
5. The teacher (correct) ...
6. I (give) ...
7. My sister (see / not) the kitchen table for her.
8. We (want) very sorry for what he (do). up all the biscuit we (bake) the tests we (write) them some of the candies I (buy) the note that I (leave) uo to watch a film that we (see / not) before. his homework. out to play, he (do)
9. When Simon (go) ...
10. Before that day in winter, the African boy (not / see) snow in his life.
11. She (give) ...
12. We (go) us for tea. me the book that she (read) to London because the Queen (invite)

Some parts of the exercise are mixed, but the usual completed sentences are:

• 1. They showed me the pictures they had taken during their holidays.
• 2. In the evening, the children told me what they had seen at the zoo.
• 3. The boy was very sorry for what he had done.
• 4. My friend ate up all the biscuits we had baked.
• 5. The teacher corrected the tests we had written.
• 6. I gave them some of the candies I had bought.
• 7. My sister did not see the note that I had left on the kitchen table for her.
• 8. We wanted to watch a film that we had not seen before.
• 9. When Simon went out to play, he had done his homework.
• 10. Before that day in winter, the African boy had not seen snow in his life.
• 11. She gave me the book that she had read.
• 12. We went to London because the Queen had invited us for tea.

Use Past Perfect for the action that happened earlier, and Simple Past for the later action or the main event.

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