Past Perfect or Past Simple
01. As the fire [broke out/had broken out], people [hurried/had hurried] out of their house.
02. We [had put out/put out] the fire ourselves by the time the fire brigade arrived.
03 I [met/had met] him yesterday.
04. I [recognized/had recognized] him immediately as I [had seen/saw] him before.
05. I [didn't speak/hadn't spoken] to him, as I [hadn't been/wasn't] introduced to him.
06. Long before the boss [arrived/had arrived], the employees [had assembled/assembled].
07. The wind [blew/had blown] away the leaves that we [had collected/collected].
08. She [threw/had thrown] away the letter that she [had written/wrote].
09. They [showed/had shown] me the pictures, they [had taken/took] during their holidays.
10. In the evening, the children [told/had told] their daddy what they [had seen/saw] at the zoo.
11. The boy [was/had been] very sorry for what he [had done/did].
12. My brother [ate/had eaten] up all the biscuits we [had baked/baked].
13. The teacher [corrected/had corrected] the tests we [had written/wrote].
14. I [gave/had given] them some of the food I [had bought/bought].
15. My sister [didn't see/hadn't seen] the note that I [had left/left] on the kitchen top for her.
16. We [wanted/had wanted] to watch a film because we [hadn't seen/didn't see] it before.
17. When Jefferson [went out/had gone out] with his buddies, he [had already done/already did] his homework.
18. Penny [came/had come] home, [sat/had sat] down and [switched/had switched] on the telly.
19. Before that day in winter, the African boy [hadn't seen/didn't see] snow in his life.
20. She [gave/had given] me the book that I [had read/read] before.
21. We [visited/had visited] the museum that our friend [had told/told] us about earlier.