Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense.
1. Where .. (be) you? I .. (try) to get in touch with you all day yesterday.
2. By the time Jenny .. (get) to the theatre, the play .. (already/start).
3. Frank .. (drive) to work when, all of a sudden, a tree branch .. (come) crashing down on the road.
4. Before his accident, Peter ... (ski) for 5 years.
5. Yesterday, I ... (walk) home from work when it ... (start) to rain.
6. Ben ... (win) the race, so he felt thrilled.
7. Kyle ... (work) in that restaurant for six years before he ... (quit)
8. While I ... (prapare) dinner, the phone ...(ring).