1. Do you know what (Jim/ do) ___________________ before he retired?
2. ___________________ (Mary/ be) a successful businesswoman before she went bankrupt?
3. My family (not/ travel) ___________________ during summer vacation but now we really enjoy it.
4. I wonder what (people/ do) _______________ to celebrate the Harvest Festival in the past?
5. As a kid, Josh (have) _________________ his grandfather pick him up from primary school.
6. This boy band (be) ___________________ popular before they disbanded.
7. When my grandmother was young, she (set off) ________________ for a foreign country almost every summer.
8. My mother says that she (not cope) ___________________ with much work stress five years ago.
9. In the past, people in my village (raise) ________________ poultry or castle to earn a living.
10. I can’t believe my father (be) __________________ considered a bad boy before he married my mother.
11. Who ___________________ (you/ confide) in when you was at your teenage?
12. They (not use) ___________________ folk and knife when they first moved to America.
13. Jim (not like) ___________________ me much when we were at school but now he is my husband.
14. My father (work) __________________ very far from home before he found his current job.
15. Those men (suffer) ________________ a lot before they finally succeeded in their business.