Past tenses

Margaret didn’t wear her shoes; she was barefoot. She ..... on a piece of broken glass and cut her foot.

The two boys came into the house. One had a black eye and the other a cut lip. They ..... .

Mrs. Robson died in her sleep. Her doctor told me she ..... from a weak heart for some time.

The trouble started when Mrs. Leslie Cady ..... control of her car on a narrow mountain road.

Who ..... in this house before they pulled it down?

It wasn't raining when I looked out of the window; the sun was shining. But it ..... earlier. That's why the ground was wet.

Lucy ..... her seatbelt when the accident happened that’s why she was badly hurt.

..... out of the window when I saw a flash of light.

It wasn't raining when I left my office in the evening, but the ground was wet. It ..... all day.

Everybody was laughing merrily while Harris ..... them a funny story.

A man once built a house and ..... his friends to visit him.

When Mary came back, she looked very red from the sun. She ..... in the sun too long.

Rescue workers ..... a man, a woman, and two children from cold rushing water.

When I was young, I ..... that people over forty were very old. Now that I am forty myself I don’t think so.

A strong wind ..... and I decided to put on a warm coat.

I got lost in the forest because I took the road I ..... before.

Our neighbours called the police when they found out that somebody ..... into their house.

Suddenly they heard a strange noise and ..... at each other in horror.

Her face was stained with tears and her eyes were red. She ..... .

Yesterday I came up to a stranger who looked like Jane Faster and started talking to her. But she wasn’t Jane. It was clear I ..... a mistake.

Before I went to bed I decided to check the front door. I was sure my sister ..... it. And I was right!

While I ..... a burglar climbed into the room through the window.

I looked everywhere for my car keys and then I remembered that my son ..... the car to work.

He ..... ill for three days, so his mother wanted to bring him to a doctor, but he didn’t want to go.

While I ..... the dishes last night, I dropped a plate and broke it.

When Alice was small, she ..... of darkness and always slept with the light on.

I saw Paul at the airport. He ..... for his brother’s plane to arrive from Canada.

While the kids ..... in the garden, their mother was hurriedly cooking dinner.

I didn’t see Linda last month because she ..... around Europe at that time.

I ... the thunder during the storm last night because I ... .