Past Tenses

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

Robert didn’t answer the phone when Mary called. He ..... a shower and didn’t hear the phone ring.

He didn’t see me as he was reading when I ..... into the room.

Tom ..... breakfast this morning because he didn’t have any time

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

When I first ..... to England in 1938, I thought I knew English fairly well.

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

The plane ...................... at New York three hours late.

A policeman ................. me crossing the street yesterday.

Arthur................all his exams by 5 o’clock yesterday.

While the gentlemen ___ the recent events, the ladies ___ about the weather.