Use Past Simple, Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous. 1. The house was very quiet when I (get) home. Everybody (go) to bed. 2. I (feel) very tired when I (get) home, so I (go) straight to bed. 3. I (look) for my textbook for half an hour when at last I (find) it in the laboratory. 4. Mary (look) happy. She (say) she (find) her ring. 5. Julia (not, finish) work when Jim (get) to the office. 6. I (finish) my homework by 6 and (go) out for a walk. 7 Greta (look) through the magazine for an hour when Carol (bump) into her place. 8. They (eat) everything by the time we (arrive). 9. He (refuse) to go till he (see) all the pictures. 10. She (leave) just when he (phone). 11. Before the train (arrive) she (buy) something to eat. 12. When I (come) to the post office, it (close) already. 13. When Polly (go) back to the shop, they (sell) the book she (want). 14. When he (arrive) at the theatre, the play (start) already. 15. After he (fix) the car, he (decide) to have a rest. 16. I suddenly (remember) that I (forget) my keys. 17. The thieves (go) already away by the time the police (arrive). 18. Diana (not, be) to a jazz concert before, because she (not, be) keen on such music. 19. Bob (know) his girlfriend for a year before he (ask) her to marry him.
The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody had gone to bed.I felt very tired when I got home, so I went straight to bed.I had been looking for my textbook for half an hour when at last I found it in the laboratory.Mary looked happy. She said she had found her ring.Julia had not finished work when Jim got to the office.I finished my homework by 6 and went out for a walk.Greta had been looking through the magazine for an hour when Carol bumped into her place.They had eaten everything by the time we arrived.He refused to go till he had seen all the pictures.She left just when he phoned.Before the train arrived she had bought something to eat.When I came to the post office, it was already closed.When Polly went back to the shop, they had sold the book she wanted.When he arrived at the theatre, the play had already started.After he had fixed the car, he decided to have a rest.I suddenly remembered that I had forgotten my keys.The thieves had already gone away by the time the police arrived.Diana had not been to a jazz concert before, because she was not keen on such music.Bob had known his girlfriend for a year before he asked her to marry him.