Put the verb in brackets in the Past Simple or Past Perfect: 16. They (be)…………. out for an hour when it (start)…………………………. to rain. 17. They (leave)……………. the shop as soon as they (buy)………. everything they (need)………….. 18. The house (burn)……………. to the ground buy the time the firemen (arrive)………………………….. 19. As he (do)………………. a lot of work that day he (be)……………. very tired. 20. I already (hear)……………. about the accident when he (tell)………………. me about it. 21. He (live)……………. in the country for ten years when he first (come)…………………………. to London. 22. I (not talk)…………. to him because when I (arrive)…………………………. he already (leave)………………………….. 23. When we (go)……………. out again, the wind (stop)………………………….. 24. He (think)………………. he (win)…………………………. in the lottery but he (not have)…………………………. of course. 25. No sooner the bell (ring)………………. when the pupils (go)……………. out to play.