Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or past perfectVI. 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 |