5. open the brackets to make the sentences complete. 1. it was early morning. ben (wrote/had written) his composition by that time. 2. she saw that the prairies (stretched/had stretched) for miles. 3. when we came back to the camp, the sun (rose/had risen). 4. susie (looked/had looked) through the letters before her elder sister got them. 5. he (saw/had seen) a stranger stealing his bike. 6. ted suddenly remembered that he (forgot/had forgotten) to buy some bread. 7. by the end of the year they (got/had got) ready for their exams. 8. sam read the book and then (did/had done) his homework.