The Past Perfect and past simple Here I leave you some sentence with the past perfect and past simple, I would like that you correct this: I had never heard of the castle until I came to England. During the tour, the guide told us that they had built the original parts in the 11th century. We had to go back to the café because my friend had left her bag there. After we finished the tour, we went to the gift shop. I bought some postcards of parts of the castle I had seen earlier during the tour.