Question

Grammar Past Perfect Simple / Past Simple / used to
* Choose the correct answer.
1. The children were hungry because they didn't eat / hadn't eaten anything for days.
2. When they found / had found the ship, they realised that all the crew had disappeared.
3. Investigators went to the place where witnesses saw / had seen the Yeti.
4. When I took out / had taken out my camera to take a photo, I saw the battery had run out.
5. There was no one in the house when I arrived because everyone went out / had gone out.
6. When I spoke / had spoken to the journalist, it was obvious that he hadn't read the report of the incident ye

Answer 1

1. The children were hungry because they *hadn’t* eaten anything for days.

2. When *they found* the ship, they realized that all the crew had disappeared.

3. Investigators went to the place where witnesses *saw* the Yeti

4.When I took out my camera to take a photo, I saw the battery had run out.

5. There was no one in the house when I arrived because everyone *went out*

6. When I spoke to the journalist, it was obvious that he hadn’t read the report of the incident yet