3)past simple or past perfect? yesterday, mandy (go) to a café after work. she (sit) down at a table outside the café and (look) at the menu. when the waiter (come) to take her order, she (be) surprised. it (be) james, an old friend from school. they (see/not) each other for at least five years. so they (tell) each other what (happen) in the past five years.