IX. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or past perfect.
(arrive), the fire
1. By the time the firefighters__
over 50 hectares of pine forests.
2. Two people_
apartment.
3. It
4. They
(tell) them.
5.
6. The post_
7. It
and
8. When I
home.
(report) that flames_
(rain) all morning before the tornado_
(touch) down.
(not know) where to shelter from the storm because nobody_
(you/ already leave) the office when the fire
(not arrive) when I
(be) cloudy for days before it_
(flood) the whole City.
(trap) them inside a smoke-filled
9. After Tom and his neighbours_
(arrive) at the cottage.
10. She
(get) to the check-in desk, I realized I
lesson on tsunami two days before.
11. By the time the rescuers_
12. The rescue team_
(already destroy)
(start)?
(leave) home this morning.
(start) to rain heavily
(recognize) the warning signs that she_
(put out) the fire, the fire engines_
(arrive), they
(find) the child after they_
(leave) my ticket at
(learn) in a school
(run) out of food and water.
(search) for ten hours.