To revise your knowledge of the past tenses, do the following exercise.
Read the story and try to order the activites chronologically (what happened first, what happened next and so on...).
THE STORY:
John and Mary went to the cinema and really enjoyed themselves. When they came home, they discovered that someone had stolen their car. They immediately called the police. While they were waiting for them to arrive, they went to see the nearby neighbours and ask them if they had seen anything. The neghbours had seen a black van and two men walking around the house and were able to describe the men to the police. On the basis of the neighbours' descriptions the police soon captured the thiefs.
