IX. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or past perfect.
1. By the time the firefighters_________ (arrive), the fire_________ (already destroy)
over 50 hectares of pine forests.
2. Two people_________ (report) that flames_________ (trap) them inside a smoke-filled
apartment.
3. It_________ (rain) all morning before the tornado_________ (touch) down.
4. They_________ (not know) where to shelter from the storm because nobody_________
(tell) them.
5. _________ (you/ already leave) the office when the fire_________ (start)?
6. The post_________ (not arrive) when I_________ (leave) home this morning.
7. It_________ (be) cloudy for days before it_________ (start) to rain heavily
and_________ (flood) the whole City.
8. When I_________ (get) to the check-in desk, I realized I_________ (leave) my ticket at
home.
9. After Tom and his neighbours_________ (put out) the fire, the fire engines_________
(arrive) at the cottage.
10. She_________ (recognize) the warning signs that she_________ (learn) in a school
lesson on tsunami two days before.
11. By the time the rescuers_________ (arrive), they_________ (run) out of food and water.
12. The rescue team_________ (find) the child after they_________ (search) for ten hours.
7. It____had been_____ (be) cloudy for days before it____started_____ (start) to rain heavily
and____flooded_____ (flood) the whole City.
8. When I_____got____ (get) to the check-in desk, I realized I_____had left____ (leave) my ticket at
home.
9. After Tom and his neighbours____had put out_____ (put out) the fire, the fire engines______arrived___
(arrive) at the cottage.
10. She_____recognized____ (recognize) the warning signs that she____had learnt_____ (learn) in a school
lesson on tsunami two days before.
11. By the time the rescuers____arrived_____ (arrive), they______had run___ (run) out of food and water.
12. The rescue team______found___ (find) the child after they___had searched______ (search) for ten hours.
1. By the time the firefighters___arrived______ (arrive), the fire_____had already destroyed____ (already destroy)
over 50 hectares of pine forests.
2. Two people_______reported__ (report) that flames_______had trapped__ (trap) them inside a smoke-filled
apartment.
3. It________had rained_ (rain) all morning before the tornado___touched______ (touch) down.
4. They______didn't know___ (not know) where to shelter from the storm because nobody___had told______
(tell) them.
5. ______Had you already left___ (you/ already leave) the office when the fire______started___ (start)?
6. The post___hadn't arrived______ (not arrive) when I______left___ (leave) home this morning.