Past Tenses

He ____ a new car last month, but he doesn't really like it.

I burned my finger while I_____ breakfast.

By the time I came back, Mike and Jane ___ , so I couldn't tell them about it.

He ____ for twenty years when he finally quit smoking.

I ____ you yesterday because my telephone was out of order.

He was waiting for his bus at the bus stop when the robbers ___ him.

I wanted to ask my son for help, but I saw that he _____ , and I decided not to wake him up.

Yesterday I went to an interesting museum that I ___ before.

By the time we arrived, she _____ for us at the train station for three hours.

Christopher Columbus ____ America in 1492.