Language focus
3 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple
and the past perfect in each sentence.
1 Sarah_ (never / try) 'Kazakh meat' before
she (travel) to Kazakhstan
2 I_ (not/ remember) his name, but I was
surel (meet) him before.
3 Galymzhan (be) hungry because he
(not have) breakfast.
4 After we _ (pack) our suitcases, we _ (go)
to the airport.
5 Before they (travel) to Japan, Inzhu
and Bibugul, they _ (visit) Mongolia and
Kyrgyzstan.
6 Kamilla _ (know) Petropavl so well
because she_(grow) up there.​

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