Task 5: Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or past perfect. 1. By the time firefighters (arrive) _________, the fire (already/destroy) _________over 50 hectares of pine forests. 2. Two people (report) _________ that flames (trap) _________them inside a smokefilled apartment. 3. It (rain) _________ all morning before the tornado (touch) down. 4. They (not/know) _________ where to shelter from the storm because nobody (tell) them. 5. (you / already leave) _________ the office when the fire (start) _________? 6. The post (not arrive) _________ when I (leave) _________ home this morning. 7. It (be) _________ cloudy for days before it (start) _________to rain heavily and (flood) _________ the whole city. 8. When I (get) _________to the check-in desk, I realized I (leave) _________my ticket at home. 9. After Tom and his neighbours (put on) _________the fire, the fire engines (arrive) _________at the cottage. 10.She (recognize) _________ the warning signs that she (learn) _________in a school lesson on tsunami two days before. 11.By the time the rescuers (arrive) _________, they (run) _________ out of food and water. 12. The rescue team (find) _________ the child after they (search) _________for ten hours.