Use the right forms of the verbs in past continuous, past simple or past perfect to complete the sentences. 1. Hardly I (get) to the office when the boss (come). 2. They (build) a lot of factories in this part of the town by 1990. 3. She (write) several e-mails and (sit) thinking what to do next. 4. I wanted to borrow this car but she (already lend) it to someone else. 5. Hardly Jean (leave) the airport when she (realize) her passport (miss). 6. Mike (do not remember) the names of his classmates because a lot of time (pass) since they (go) to school together. 7. We (meet) at the Pushkin museum yesterday afternoon where we both (visit) the exhibition. 8. Hardly it (stop) raining when a rainbow (appear) in the sky. 9. He (be) tired because he (work) all the previous night long. 10. Thomas (say) he hardly (learn) the poem.

Hardly I had got to the office when the boss came.
(«Едва я добрался до офиса, как вошёл начальник»: сначала завершилось прибытие, потом произошло другое действие.)

They had built a lot of factories in this part of the town by 1990.
(Ориентир “by 1990” — значит, к этому моменту действие уже было завершено.)

She had written several e-mails and was sitting thinking what to do next.
(Сначала она закончила писать письма, потом сидела и размышляла — длительное действие в процессе.)

I wanted to borrow this car but she had already lent it to someone else.
(К моменту, когда я хотел взять машину, она уже была одолжена.)

Hardly Jean had left the airport when she realized her passport was missing.
(Сначала она ушла из аэропорта, затем поняла факт “паспорт отсутствует” — состояние на тот момент.)

Mike did not remember the names of his classmates because a lot of time had passed since they went to school together.
(Он не помнил — факт в прошлом; “много времени прошло” — это произошло до этого факта; “went” — событие, от которого идёт отсчёт.)

We met at the Pushkin museum yesterday afternoon where we both were visiting the exhibition.
(“met” — короткое событие; “were visiting” — процесс, который шёл в тот момент.)

Hardly it had stopped raining when a rainbow appeared in the sky.
(Сначала дождь прекратился, затем появилась радуга.)

He was tired because he had been working all the previous night long.
(Усталость — состояние в прошлом; причина — длительная работа, которая началась раньше и длилась до того момента.)

Thomas said he hardly had learnt the poem.
(“said” — главное действие в прошлом; выучил (почти не выучил) — к моменту речи это уже было (не)сделано.)