Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect Continuous, Past Perfect.

I (talk) over the phone when they brought me the letter.

They (sit) in the room when the taxi arrived.

He quickly forgot everything he (learn) at school.

I visited Brazil in April. I (stay) at a nice hotel for a fortnight.

I (stay) at the hotel for a fortnight when I received your letter.

The musician (play) the piano for a whole hour when we came in.

We (walk) along a forest road for two hours when we saw a house.

I hardly (finish) speaking with a porter when the phone rang again.

First I (answer) the phone, and then I read your letter.

And I began writing to you instead of going to the seaside, as I (plan) before.

Jane’s clothes were wet. She (to wash) her dog.

I never (to like) going to the cinema on my own when I was a teenager.