I/ PUT THE VERBS IN BRACKETS INTO THE PAST SIMPLE OR PAST PERFECT. 1. By the time the fire fighters ……………(arrive), the fire ……………….( already destroyed) over 50 hectares of the pine forests. 2. Two people……………….(report) that flames ………………(trap) them inside a smoke-filled 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. 8. When I ……………….(get) the check- in desks, I realized I …………(leave) my ticket at home. II/ REWRITE: 9. It was the first time she had been in the path of a hurricane. She had…………………………………………………………………………………. 10. Our home and everything we owned were destroyed by the tornado. The tornado …………………………………………………………………………….