Past Tenses

Mum _______________ biscuits by the time her children came home. 

Jill ______________ for half an hour before the bus came. 

How long __________ in Spain before they moved to London?

Dave _____________ before he went to the concert.

He _____________ all day and was really tired. 

It was the first time we visited Russia. We ____________ there before. 

Before they invented washing machines people _________________ their clothes by hand for many years. 

He took a shower, had breakfast and _________ to school. 

Mum __________ dinner while dad was watching TV news. 

I ___________ to music when somebody knocked the door.