252 Circle the correct answer. ° 4 6 Itwas only four o'clock but everyone already left /(Gad already lefthe office. He was / ‘d been in hospital for days before | heard / ‘d heard about the accident. ' could tell they did / ”d done something wrong because they were looking guilty. By the time she was / ‘d been ten years old, she already appeared / ‘d already appeared in a West End play. The performance just started / had just started when we arrived | ‘d arrived. Max never left / had never left home before without telling me where he was going. By nine that evening, most of the guests already left / had already left the party. 25d Complete the second part of the article. Use the past simple, past perfect simple or past perfect continuous of the verbs in brackets. By 1717 Black Sam and his erew (0) a4 £44 (capture) over fifty ships but none was as large or as rich as the slave ship, the Whydah. In April of 1717 the Whydab (1) .. Gust / sell) a cargo of slaves and was returning to London when Black Sam (2) serom begin) to chase her. By the .u. (capture) her, he (4) «.... sewn (chase) her for time he (3) three days. At last Black Sam (5) . (find) the wealth he (6) (ook) for and he (7) Gecide) to sail back to Cape Cod. But the Whydab (8) sail) into a storm and strong winds (9) (drive) her towards land. The ship (10) ...... (strike) rocks a hundred yards from the shores of Cape Cod and (l).. ‘sink). Two men (12) (swim) to shore but Black Sam wasn't one of them. According to legend, Black Sam (13) «sm. Maria Hallett. Some people believe he (14) .. (decide) to propose marriage. They also say Maria (15) ... (wait) for his return and ‘was watching from the cliffs of Cape Cod when the Whydab (16) (go) down. Was Maria saddened to lose her lover ~ or was she glad to be rid of (travel) home to meet such a dangerous man? No one knows.