VI. 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