Past Simple, Past Progressive or Past Perfect tense

The thunderstorm … by 5 p.m. yesterday.

• finished

• had finished

• was finishing

My friends … before the volcano…

• run away, erupted

• ran away, was erupting

• had run away, erupted

The rescue team ... the survivors under the rubbles by the end of the day.

• had found

• found

• were finding

As I ... home from school, I ... a very frightening crocodile.

• walked, saw

• had walked, saw

• was walking, saw

When ... you ... home yesterday?

• did, return

• had, returned

• were returning

What ... you ... when the accident...?

• did, do, happened

• were, doing, happened

• had, done, was happening

We … a film when Kevin …

• watched, arrived

• watched, had arrived

• were watching, arrived

While you … around, I … the fire out.

• were messing, was putting

• messed, put

• messed, had put

The earthquake … the whole city last month.

• destroyed

• was destroying

• had destroyed

You … me because you … me a hand.

• had disappointed, didn't give

• disappointed, hadn't given

• were disappointing, didn't give