Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous.

Edward .................................................(get) tired. He ...........................................(wait) for someone to stop and give him a lift for ages, but there ..................................(be) hardly any traffic. One driver ....................................(stop) earlier but, sadly, he ................................(not/go) to Glasgow. As he...................................(look ) up at the dark sky, Edward .........................(start) to wish that he ...................................(not/leave) home in such a hurry.

Tom and Sally ............................................(walk) for about an hour when it ....................(start) to rain. They .....................................(forget) to take umbrellas with them, so Tom ....................................(suggest) stopping at a nearby cottage and asking for shelter. Unfortunately, it .........................................(rain) so hard that, by the time they ..................... (get) to the cottage, they .........................................(be) soaked to the skin.

Mary ..............................................(prepare) everything for the dinner party hours before the guests ...........................................(be) supposed to arrive. She ................................(set) the table when suddenly she .....................................(remember) that she ........................(forget) to give her address to one of the guests. She .............................(look) for his phone number in her diary, when she ..................................(realise) she .....................................(make) a mistake. The dinner party ...................................(be) the next day!