Circle the correct words. Last week my neighbour was on holiday. One night 1 I heard / I’d heard a strange noise in her house. 2 I opened / I’d opened her front door to have a look, and I immediately saw that someone 3 broke / had broken into the house. Luckily, he (or she!) 4 already left / had already left when I got there, and they 5 didn’t steal / hadn’t stolen very much – just the TV. I was looking for my phone yesterday morning, but I couldn’t find it. I’m sure 1 I didn’t lose / I hadn’t lost it, because 2 I saw / I’d seen it twenty minutes before. Then I realize that 3 I left / I’d left it in my trouser pocket, and 4 I put / I’d put my trousers in the washing machine!

Last week my neighbour was on holiday. One night I heard a strange noise in her house. I opened her front door to have a look, and I immediately saw that someone had broken into the house. Luckily, he (or she!) had already left when I got there, and they hadn’t stolen very much – just the TV.

I was looking for my phone yesterday morning, but I couldn’t find it. I’m sure I hadn’t lost it, because I ’d seen it twenty minutes before. Then I realized that I ’d left it in my trouser pocket, and I ’d put my trousers in the washing machine.

Past simple describes the main sequence of events; past perfect describes events that happened earlier.