Open the brackets using Past Simple, Past Perfect or Past Continuous:
When I called at his house, they (to tell) me that he (to leave) an hour before.
2. When I came to the station, I (not to) find my friend there as I (to be) five minutes late and the train (to leave).
3. He (to want) to visit the place where he (to live) in his childhood.
4. The telegram (to come) some minutes after he (to leave).
5. She (to look) very tired as she (to work) hard.
6. I (to return) to the hotel only late at night as I (to lose) my way in the fog. When I (to come) up to my room, I (to see) Pete who (to stand) at the door of the room. He (to wait) for me as he (to lose) his key and could not get in.
7. When I (to wake) up, it (to be) already ten o'clock. I (to call) my brother. Nobody (to answer). He already (to leave).
8. I (to go) up to the open window. The rain (to stop) and the sun (to shine) brightly. The birds in the garden (to sing). The morning (to be) fine.
9. When the rain (to stop) I (to look) out of the window and (to see) John who (to stand) under a tree waiting for me.
10. . I (to sit) in an armchair and (to think) of my coming trip across the North Sea when the door suddenly (to open) and an old friend of mine whom I (not to see) for a very long time (to enter) the room.
11. She (to come) to see us just at the time when we (to have) dinner. It (to be) the first time I (to see) her.
12. I (to see) him just as he (to leave) the hotel.
13. I (not to see) him before we (to meet) at the concert.
15. He (to leave) the house before I (to have) time to ask him anything.
16. He (to tell) me he (to learn) it from the newspaper.
17. He (to enter) the room, (to take) something from the desk and (to go) out.
18. There (to be) two men in the room. One of them (to write) something while the other (to read) a newspaper.
19. He (not to tell) me that he (to receive) a telegram from her. 10. I (to ask) him if he (to know) where she (to live). I (to say) I (not to know) her address.
20. He (to ask) me if I (can) give him your address.
21. She (to say) that he (to give) her the wrong address.
22. I (to ask) him where he (to put) my letter.
23. He (to tell) us that they (to spend) all the money.
24. After spending several days in Paris he (to feel) lonely and (to want) to return home.