Destination B2 - Past Tenses

I wanted to say goodbye to Jerry, but he…. (leave)

We…..for over an hour when the train finally arrived. (wait)

Where…..when I saw you last night? (go)

There….be a cinema on this corner, but they knocked it down. (use)

By the time he died, Beethoven….nine symphonies. (write)

I went all the way home and when I got back, the lesson….already…. (begin)

Sending messages around the world instantly is no longer unusual. (Got) We……..messages around the world instantly.

When we were on holiday, we….to the café almost every day. (go)

Jason…..ready for the race for six months and finally the big moment came. (get)–

It was strange at first, but I’m used to….the bagpipes now. (play)

Richard…..TV when the phone rang. (watch)

Did you know that Carol played basketball for her country? (to) Did you know that Carol…….basketball for her country?

People walked more fifty years ago than they do now. (Would) Fifty years ago,………….than they do know.

My brother and I….swimming almost every day last summer. (go)

We….when someone knocked at the door. (talk)

When you rang last night, I…in the garden so I didn’t hear the phone.(work)

I….for school when I saw the postman and he gave the letter to me. (leave)

I really can’t….to having a new baby brother. (use)

I had paint on my shoes because I……my bedroom all morning. (paint)

We had been tidying the garden for hours and I….a rest. (need)

I….to my new CD for a few minutes when the CD player started making a funny noise.(listen)

I was completely out of breath because I…. (run)

My parents wouldn’t let me stay out late when I was young. (used) My parents…….let me stay out late when I was young.