Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or past perfect

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.