I heard a knock at the front door so I (went / was going) to answer it.

By the time we got to the shop, a long queue .................................... already .................................... (form) outside.

She wore the shoes she ..................................... (buy) the previous day.

By the time we (got / had got) to the cinema, the film had already started.

We entered the house quietly because everyone (was sleeping / had slept).

They (had left / left) many hours before we arrived.

Why .................................... she still .................................... (work) at one o’clock in the morning?

Until a few years ago, no one ................................. (hear) of Harry Potter, the young wizard and hero of the children’s book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

When I was a student, I .................................... (not have) much money.

I was happy to see her, because we .................................... (not see) each other for years.

I fell as I .................................... (run) for the bus.

She (had graduated / graduated) from school in 2001.