Past Tenses

They _____ while I was cooking dinner.

There was no food left when I returned. They _____ everything!

 I _____ the bags before we left on holiday.

By the time the presentation began, they _____ their discussion.

My brother _____ a bear an hour ago.

_____ Mike visit his grandmother last night?

Alex did not _____ last weekend.

We _____ not happy after the sad ending.

_____ you see Jody's new dog yesterday?

Sorry, I ________ hear you at the door.

I _____ English for two years

What _____ you eat for lunch yesterday?

My brother and sister _____ tennis at 11am yesterday.

 _____ you still working at 7pm last night?

At 8.30am today I _____ to work.

We _____ when the police came.

Why __________lunch at 4pm?

They ________ TV when I arrived.

I was reading a detective story _____ I heard a noise.

When I got home, the children already ___ to bed.

When I turned on the television, my favourite program _______.

We ___ been out long when it started to rain.

Which sentence has a similar meaning? 

The film started. Then we arrived at the cinema.

Which sentence has a similar meaning? 

Someone stole my phone. Then I found my bag and the phone was not there.

The council _____ to put speed cameras along the road because there had been seven fatal accidents in the past year.

Mandy was exhausted by the time she went on holiday because she_____over 55 hours a week.

Colin and his wife _____ in their home long before Colin changed jobs and they had to move house again.

We _____ long before I had to leave to catch my train.