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.
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.
