Question

Past simple or past perfect 1. Buffet .... (buy) shares befor he .......(be) 12 , and by the time he .... (be) 14 , he ...... ( make ) his first purchase of land

Answer 1

1. Buffet .... (had bought) shares befor he .......(was) 12 , and by the time he .... (was) 14 , he ...... (had made ) his first purchase of land.

Answer 2

The correct tenses to use in this sentence are past perfect and past simple.

Buffet had bought shares before he was 12, and by the time he was 14, he had made his first purchase of land.