Past Tenses

She was exhausted because she _____ for hours before she _____ to take a break.

By the time they arrived, the team _____ on the project for weeks.

The garden looked beautiful because they _____ it for months.

When I called, she _____ the cake for over two hours.

The kids were exhausted as they _____ in the park all day.

Before they left for the trip, they _____ their bags for hours.

By the time he reached home, she _____ dinner.

How long .......................(play) the guitar before we ..............(meet)?

He eventually ......................(go) to the doctor because his leg …………………………..(hurt) for a week.

When they arrived at the police station, he said that he _____ anything wrong.

When he retired he _____ in the company for more than 50 years.

I looked at him and I knew he _____ in a fight, because he had a black eye.

I was very late. When I arrived, the conference _____.

Mike________his friends before he went abroad for two months

Paul_______ his car for two days before he called the mechanic.

Pamela_______ for two hours before her boyfriend arrived.

Melany_____her house by the time the guests arrived. 

My brother_______before I felt angry with him.

The sales manager________the advantages of his product for about half an hour before I agreed to buy some samples.

I_______before my alarm clock rang.

Sophie _________the walls all day before she finished them.

I _________in France for ten years when i met my husband.

I _________seen your mother three times this week.

I _________fairy tales when I was a child.

He_________TV when the telephone _________.

Tommy _________his car last month.

1996 was the year when Lily and James _________ on a cruise.

I______already____to musik.

I _____ to the road and we crashed.

When they arrived at the police station, he said that he _____ anything wrong.

When he heard the police knocking on the door, he ____ under the bed.

When he retired he _____ in the company for more than 50 years.

The police arrested him because he _____ a gun.

He pulled out a gun and everybody _____ away

When I was a child, we _____ anywhere at weekends; it was boring.

I looked at him and I knew he _____ in a fight, because he had a black eye.

When they arrived at the police station, he said that he _____ anything wrong.

5. While Mike _______(look for) his keys, he _______(find) his mobile.

6. While the boys _______(swim) in the lake, dad ________(read) a magazine.

2. Alina and I ________(explore) the park when it _______(start) raining.