====== Past Perfect vs. Past Simple ======

They **were** friends for twenty years. <-- Past Simple\\
They **had been** friends for twenty years. <-- Past Perfect

<color brown>**Вопрос**:</color>

Какая смысловая разница между высказываниями в Past Perfect и высказываниями в Past Simple?\\

<color brown>**Задание**:</color>

//Раскройте скобки, употребив глаголы в Past Simple и/или Past Perfect.//

1. Yesterday night a man  (snatch) the money from the bank and  (run) away.\\
2. When I  (switch) the TV on, the programme  (start). I was just in time.\\
3. When John arrived at the Camping, Harriet  (put) up the tent. John (be) very surprised!\\
4. I  (take) the book back to the library when I  (read) it.\\
5. Yesterday morning I  (arrive) at the shop before it  (open), so I had to wait \\
6. Tom  (not / shave) this morning because he (cut) himself the day before.\\
7. I got home at 3 o’clock and there was no one there. My mother  (just / leave).\\
8. After I  (dry) the dishes I  (put) them away.\\
9. I  (dry) the dishes and then I  (put) them away.\\
10. The judge  (not / say) a word before he  (hear) all the arguments.\\
11. When I  (get) to the station the train  (already / leave).\\
12. When I  (get) to the station a train  (already / leave).


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