3.1 Put the verbs into the correct past tense.

1. The research team __________________________ (find) an unusual fossil and took it back to the lab to examine it.

2. Claire______________________ (drive) along a country road, when a huge creature came out of nowhere and fell onto her car.

3. While Lisa ____________________ (read) a book, her brother was listening to music.

4. It was the first time that Elizabeth _____________________________ (ever/see) pictures of Bigfoot.

5. Sandra _______________________ (paint) for three years before she sold her first painting.

6. Alex didn’t go to the photographic exhibition because he __________________________ (not/finish) his homework.

7. Benjamin ___________________ (gasp) in horror when he saw the ghostly figure.