Past tenses

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

2. I burned my finger while I......... breakfast.

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

4. He ....... for twenty years when he finally quit smoking.

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

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

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

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

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

10. Christopher Columbus ....  America in 1492.

I was sad because he ..... me to the party.