Put the verbs into the correct past tense.
1.benjamin (gasp) in horror when he saw the ghostly figure.
2.clair ) along a country rosd when a huge creature came out of nowhere
a fell onto her car.
3.while lisa )a book, her brother was listening to music.
4.sandra (paint) for three years before she sold her first painting.
5.alex didn't go to the photographic exhibition because he / finish) his homework.
6.the research team ) an unusual fossil and took it back to the lab to examine it.
2.Mary had left her bag before she went to the cinema./Mary left her bag,and she went to the cinema.
3.My teacher had taken the test to us before the lesson was over./My teacher took the test to us,but the lesson wasn't over yet.
4.Had you been in Scotland by the end of last month?/Have you ever been in Scotland?
5.He had helped his mother before he passed his exams./He helped his mother,but then he passed his exams.