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Record one sentence, using the past simple and the past perfect.

Use the conjuctions when, after or before.

1 Joe went out. I arrived home. When I arrived home, Joe had gone out.
2 I went to bed. Paul phoned. When Paul ...
3 The shoplifter ran away. The police arrived.
4 Dad cooked dinner. Mum got home.
5 The vandals sprayed graffiti on the wall. The police caught them.
6 The film started. We arrived at the cinema.
7 It started to rain. We left the beach.
8 The train left. We got to the station.

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2 I went to bed. Paul phoned. When Paul phoned, I had gone to bed.
3 The shoplifter ran away. The police arrived. The police arrived after the shoplifter had run away.
4 Dad cooked dinner. Mum got home. Mum got home before Dad had cooked dinner.
5 The vandals sprayed graffiti on the wall. The police caught them. The vandals sprayed graffiti on the wall before the police had caught them.
6 The film started. We arrived at the cinema. Before we arrived at the cinema, the film had started.
7 It started to rain. We left the beach. We left the beach before it had started to rain.
8 The train left. We got to the station. When we got to the station, the train had left.

Past perfect tense allows the writer to tie the action to a specific point in time. The formula for past perfect is had and the past participle. Simple past tense is just the past participle.

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