
Pete, who (drive)_ very fast, suddenly (stop)_ the car. Shortly, afterwards, while we (travel)_ along the motorway, we (notice)_ that the car (make) a strange sound. We (load)_ the car with our luggage and (set off)_ early in the morning. We (look)_forward to going for weeks when finally the date of departure (arrive)_.
Last summer some of my friends and I (arrange)_ to go camping. Still, Fiona (manage)_ to convince Tom that despite all that, the house (be)_ the perfect home for them. Unfortunately, when they (look)_ more closely at the interior, they (see)_ that whoever (live)_ there before, (make)_ an absolute mess of the walls and the floors.
They (search)_ for only a few days when they (find)_ exactly what they (look for)_. They (live)_ in a tiny flat at the time and Fiona (insist)_ that she (want)_ a house with a big garden. They (save)_ for ages and by the end of May they (put up)_ enough for the deposit on a house.
Last year Tom and Fiona (decide)_ to buy a house. Meg (lie)_ in the sun while the children (play)_ in the pool.
She (miss)_ the end of the film because she (fall)_ asleep. When I was a child I (to go)_ to the cinema every Sunday. The room was empty – everyone (go)_ out. In those days she constantly (criticize)_ my appearance. By the second day at camp he (make)_ several friends. She (get)_ on the motorbike and (ride)_ away. I (take)_ a shower when the phone (ring)_. He (leave)_ the work because he (feel)_ dissatisfied for months. She (tear)_ the letter into pieces and (throw)_ it into the bin. In those days people (to wash)_ their clothes by hand. As I (drive)_ home I (listen)_ to music on the car-radio. They (sail)_ for a month before they (reach)_ the port. I (see)_ Rita a minute ago but she (go)_ straight past me. We (walk)_ along the street when a car (stop)_ next to us. Few people in Victorian times (take)_ a bath every day. Put the verbs in brackets into the proper past tense forms.
Ann didn’t understand why her friend (send) _ her such a strange letter. There was no sign of a taxi, although I (order)_ one half an hour before. At last the committee was ready to announce their decision. Don’t you want to see this programme? It (start)_. Put the verbs in the Present Perfect or Past Perfect.