Past Tenses. Form 9,10,11

When Mary came back, she looked very red from the sun. She ________ in the sun too long.

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

Yesterday I came up to a stranger who looked like Jane Faster and started talking to her. But she wasn't Jane. It was clear I _______ a mistake.

When I first ________ to England in 1938, I thought I knew English fairly well.

We __________ TV for ten minutes when the electricity went off.

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

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.

While I __________ a burglar climbed into the room through the window.

She was not interested in the book because she _________ it.

Robert didn't answer the phone when Mary called. He ________ a shower and didn't hear the phone ring.

Our neighbours called the police when they found out that somebody ______into their house.

A strong wind ________ and I decided to put on a warm coat.

I had a cup of tea for breakfast because I ________ of coffee.

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

I found the way to her house quite easily because Nora _______ it to me very well.

Suddenly they heard a strange noise and ______ at each other in horror.

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

I handed Betsy today's newspaper, but she didn't want it. She _______ it.

While the kids _________ in the garden, their mother was hurriedly cooking dinner.

I got lost in the forest because I took the road I ________________ before.