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.

I _____ to the mall after school

My brother _____ a bear an hour ago.

_____ Mike visit his grandmother last night?

Alex did not _____ last weekend.

 _____ Judy and Liz at last month's meeting

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?

Somebody threw a shoe at him _____ he was speaking.

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.

Emergency workers pulled three people from the wreckage. They  _____ under the wreckage for four days.

Kathy was sad when she moved house, because she_____ there for over fifteen years.

Tom_____great because he had stayed up late the night before.

We_____for about ten minutes before it started to rain.

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

The flat was lovely and tidy because my flatmate______.

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

Many European countries ______ action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions prior to the Kyoto Protocol in 1990. 

Before the recession, the economy_____at a rapid pace. 

Five suspected terrorists were arrested earlier today. They _____ in a London basement.

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

Paul and Debbie have broken up. They _____   on well for some time.

If it ______so heavily, I would have gone running.