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write sentences with the past perfect or past simple
form of the verbs.
1 lou / forget / her passport so she / can't /
leave the country
2 we/ not meet / last weekend because we / see /
each other the weekend before
3 simon / remember, that he / not get /
a present for his grandma
4 we/ not study / the past perfect so the teacher /
explain / it very carefully
5 jane / not travel / before she / go / to france
6 i/buy/ the tickets / before we /get/
to the cinema
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1. Lou had forgotten her passport, so she couldn't leave the country.
To form the past perfect, we use "had" + past participle of the verb. In this case, "forget" changes to "had forgotten".

2. We didn't meet last weekend because we had seen each other the weekend before.
Again, we use the past perfect to show an action that happened before another past action. "Did not meet" changes to "had seen".

3. Simon remembered that he had not gotten a present for his grandma.
Here, "remembered" is in the past simple form, and "had not gotten" is in the past perfect form. "Gotten" is the past participle of "get".

4. We did not study the past perfect, so the teacher explained it very carefully.
In this sentence, both verbs are in the past simple form, indicating actions at a specific point in the past.

5. Jane had not traveled before she went to France.
"Traveled" is the past participle of "travel", and it is used with the past perfect form "had not". The second part of the sentence is in the past simple form.

6. I had bought the tickets before we got to the cinema.
The first action, "bought the tickets", happened before the second action, "got to the cinema". Therefore, we use the past perfect form "had bought" for the first action, and the past simple form "got" for the second action.