1) She watched the film, then she wrote a report.
--> After she had watched the film, she wrote a report.
2) The workers finished their work, and then they went out for dinner.
-->Before the workers went out for dinner, they had finished their work.
3) When you phoned me, it was my lunchtime.
-->I was having my lunchtime when you phoned me.
4) I haven’t been to the cinema for two months.
-->The last time I was at the cinema was two months ago.
5) They will spend two years building the house.
--> It will take them two years to build the house.
6) Steve started working for this company five years ago.
-->Steve has worked for this company for five years.
7) Mac Kenzie wrote four best-sellers before he was twenty.
-->By the age of twenty years old, Mac Kenzie had written four best-sellers.
8) The decorators have finished the whole of the first floor.
-->We have had the whole of the first floor finished by the decorators.
9) You can try to get Jim to lend you his car, but you won’t succeed.
-->There’s no point (in) getting Tim to lend you his car.
10) I’ll finish the work tonight if you like.
-->Would you like me to finish the work tonight?