He was very happy because he _____ his test! 

She told me that she _____ to publish her short stories. 

She told me she _____ to publish her short stories for several years. 

We _____ out when you came. 

The poor man _____ on the floor all morning when the nurse finally came in. 

I _____ quite a lot of the country during my time there, but this was the first time in the capital. 

When I went to Israel, it was the first time I _____ my country. 

Over the next few weeks, both my skiing and my French _____. 

He asked  how long they _____  for the bus.

He wrote an email to tell his parents where in Argentina he _____ in the past few weeks.