Complete the amateur chef's tragic diary entry by dragging the correct verb forms into the blanks.

By the time I took the pizza out of the oven, it had burned completely to a crisp. I realized with horror that I had forgotten to set the timer!

By the time I took the pizza out of the oven, it had burned completely to a crisp.

We use the past perfect (had + past participle) to show that an action happened before another action in the past. The pizza burned before it was taken out of the oven.

I realized with horror that I had forgotten to set the timer!

Forgetting to set the timer happened before the chef realized it, so we use the past perfect.