Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple, past perfect and past progressive: 1. He said he (join) …….. the army in 1985. 2 / 2 2. Bill (have) …….breskfast when I stopped at this house. 3. When I……….(go) back to the shop, they (sell) …….. the book I wanted. 4. How many countries…… they (visit) ….. by March last year? 5. When he (come) …….. home, I (talk) …….. to my mother on the phone. 6. While I (lie) …….. in bed last night, I (hear) …….. a strange noise in front of the door. 7. It (rain) …….. heavily when I (sleep) …….. yesterday afternoon. 8. While Mrs Smith (plant) …….. flowers in the garden, Mr Smith (change) …….. the oil in his car. 9. When we (arrive) …….. at the airport, they (wait) …….. for us there. 10. He (do) …….. a lot of jobs before he (work) …….. in this company. 11. Yesterday while I (look) …….. at my computer screen, I (start) ……. feel a little dizzy, so I (take) ….. a break. 12. Susan (send) …….. a letter to her university after she (receive) …….. her scholarship check. 13. Tom (meet) …….. Mary in 1986 and they have been good friends since then. 14. After they (visit) …….. Paris, they (go) …….. to Manchester. 15. George (work) …….. at the university 45 years before he (retire) …….. 16. After Tom (wash) …….. his clothes, he (begin) …….. to study. 17. When John and I (got) …….. to the theatre, the movie (start) …….. 18. Before I could say anything, they (admit) …….. their mistakes. 19.when Peter was 10 years old, he……………….( have) a little dog called Bobby.