Question

Put each verb given into the past simple, past continuous or past perfect. more than one answer may be possible. the police suspected that brian (a) __had broken__ (break) the window at his house because he ( (want) to make them think that a burglar (c) (steal) his valuable stamp collection. they ( (think) that brian (e) (do) this because he (f) (need) the money. however, they (g) (not know) that brian (h) (fly) to brazil the week before, and (i) (be) abroad when the burglary (j) (take place).

Answer 1

The police suspected that Brian (a) __had broken__ (break) the window at his house because he (b) (wanted) to make them think that a burglar (c) (had stolen) his valuable stamp collection. They (d) (thought) that Brian (e) (had done) this because he (f) (needed) the money. However, they (g) (did not know) that Brian (h) (had flown) to Brazil the week before, and (i) (was) abroad when the burglary (j) (took place).