Write sentences. use the past simple or the past perfect simple.
1 jack didn't waste any time.
jack / not waste / any time. 2 after / he /explain /
the situation to all his friends and relatives, they all
agreed to help. by the following saturday, 3 they /
search everywhere; - they / talk to every homeless
person in the town, but nobody / see / the jacket.
by then, jack / lose / five kilos.' he / not
shave / for a week. he walked the streets with red
eyes, talking to himself. he looked terrible. that
sunday, eight days after 8 he/win/ the lottery, jack
was out in the streets once again. he felt cold and
tired so he sat on some steps to rest for a while.
a homeless old man / come / and /sit next to him.
"hey mate,' he said. it's cold. put that on. it'll keep
you warm.' in his hands, he/have/ an old brown
jacket. jack could just see the corner of a lottery
ticket in the inside pocket.
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Jack didn't waste any time. He didn't waste any time.
After he explained the situation to all his friends and relatives, they all agreed to help. By the following Saturday, they had searched everywhere. They had talked to every homeless person in the town, but nobody had seen the jacket. By then, Jack had lost five kilos. He hadn't shaved for a week. He had walked the streets with red eyes, talking to himself. He looked terrible.
That Sunday, eight days after he had won the lottery, Jack was out in the streets once again. He felt cold and tired, so he sat on some steps to rest for a while. A homeless old man came and sat next to him. "Hey mate," he said, "it's cold. Put that on. It'll keep you warm." In his hands, he had an old brown jacket. Jack could just see the corner of a lottery ticket in the inside pocket.

In this exercise, we are using both the past simple and the past perfect simple to talk about events that happened in the past. The past simple is used to talk about actions that happened at a specific time in the past, while the past perfect simple is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past.

1. Jack didn't waste any time. - This sentence is in the past simple tense. We use the past simple to talk about a completed action in the past.

2. After he explained the situation to all his friends and relatives, they all agreed to help. - In this sentence, we use the past simple "explained" to talk about a completed action (Jack explaining the situation) in the past, and then we use the past perfect "had agreed" to talk about an action (their agreement to help) that happened before the first action.

3. By the following Saturday, they had searched everywhere. - Here, we use the past perfect "had searched" to talk about an action (their search for the jacket) that happened before a specific time in the past (the following Saturday).

4. They had talked to every homeless person in the town, but nobody had seen the jacket. - In this sentence, we use the past perfect "had talked" to talk about an action (their conversations with the homeless people) that happened before another action (nobody seeing the jacket) in the past.

5. By then, Jack had lost five kilos. - Here, we use the past perfect "had lost" to talk about an action (Jack losing weight) that happened before a specific time in the past (by then).

6. He hadn't shaved for a week. - This sentence is in the past perfect. We use the past perfect to talk about an action (Jack not shaving) that happened before another action (a week passing) in the past.

7. He walked the streets with red eyes, talking to himself. - This sentence is in the past simple tense. We use the past simple to talk about an action (Jack walking the streets) that happened at a specific time in the past.

8. That Sunday, eight days after he had won the lottery, Jack was out in the streets once again. - In this sentence, we use the past perfect "had won" to talk about an action (Jack winning the lottery) that happened before a specific time in the past (eight days after). Then, we use the past simple "was" to talk about an action (Jack being out in the streets) that happened at a specific time in the past.

9. A homeless old man came and sat next to him. "Hey mate," he said, "it's cold. Put that on. It'll keep you warm." In his hands, he had an old brown jacket. Jack could just see the corner of a lottery ticket in the inside pocket. - These sentences are in the past simple tense. We use the past simple to talk about a series of actions (the homeless man coming, sitting next to Jack, and offering him the jacket) that happened at a specific time in the past.