Complete the sentences by putting the verb in brackets into the most suitable past tense.
1 I … (review) grammar rules before the test when my computer … (start) to blink.
2 She was upset, because she … (not / manage) to prepare for the test.
3 … (be, they) nervous before a test yesterday?
4 John … (read) an economic book, while Tom … (look through) some magazines.
5 I do not remember exactly how long ago it … (be).
6 Roger … (not / give) any explanation why he … (be) late for school.
7 I felt very tired when I … (come) home so I … (go) straight to bed.
8 Mr Pitt … (take) his case and … (leave).
9 What … (you do) at 10 o’clock yesterday morning?
10 I … (want) to borrow that new book but she … (already lend) it to someone else.