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Past Tenses — Gap filling

Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect.
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Katherine suddenly realized that she
her suitcase in the taxi. (leave)
Katherine suddenly realized that she had left her suitcase in the taxi.
  1. 1.
    I
    in bed when the thunderstorm started. (read)
  2. 2.
    After the other people
    , we set off for the mountains. (arrive)
  3. 3.
    Lily
    for the meaning of the new words when I came to her place. (look up)
  4. 4.
    The situation
    a lot since we had been there the previous time. (change)
  5. 5.
    By the time Mary completed her project, all her colleagues
    already
    home. (go)
  6. 6.
    They
    their jeeps across the desert when they saw the herd of giraffes. (drive)
  7. 7.
    When we got home we noticed that somebody
    the window. (break)
  8. 8.
    The students
    their tests long before the class was over. (complete)
  9. 9.
    Veronika was sitting in her bedroom when she
    a strange noise coming from the kitchen. (hear)
  10. 10.
    I
    to Brazil long before we met. (be)
  11. 11.
    William
    his mind to take up karate after he had been attacked by some muggers in the dark street. (make up)
  12. 12.
    Rebecca
    at the window when Paolo entered the room. (stand)
  13. 13.
    The children
    in the backyard when their mother came home. (play)
  14. 14.
    The weather
    for the worse before we decided to hike. (change)
  15. 15.
    I was writing emails when the boss
    the office. (enter)
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