Past Tenses Grammar,11 form

Dinosaurs were the largest animals ever to live on earth, and they ____ the Earth for a very long period of time.

Alan _____ out almost every day last year, but now he can't afford it.

I didn't see Linda last month because she ______ around Europe at that time.

It wasn't raining when I looked out of the window; the sun was shining. But it _____   earlier. That's why the ground was wet.

In 1912 the Titanic ________ an iceberg on its first trip across the Atlantic, and it sank four hours later.

He ______ ill for three days, so his mother wanted to bring him to a doctor, but he didn't want to go.

Before I went to bed I decided to check the front door. I was sure my sister _____ it. And I was right!

Rescue workers __________ a man, a woman, and two children from cold rushing water.

Our clothes were wet because we ______ in the rain.

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

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

Everybody was laughing merrily while Harris _____ them a funny story.

It wasn't raining when I left my office in the evening, but the ground was wet. It ____ all day.

Mrs. Smith was busy last weekend because her grandchildren ________ with her.

The two boys came into the house. One had a black eye and the other a cut lip. They _______ .

A man once built a house and _______ his friends to visit him.

When I was young, I _______ that people over forty were very old. Now that I am forty myself I don't think so.

I looked everywhere for my car keys and then I remembered that my son _____ the car to work.

Lucy ______ her seatbelt before the accident happened that's why she was badly hurt.

Greg didn't want to be late for the theatre. He drove as fast as he could. The play  _______ as he walked in the door of the theatre.