Put the verds in the past simple.
PAST SIMPLE:We use the tense to describe single actions in the past.
1)Yesterday
he...(returned)home only at half past eight.He...(was) tired.He...(watched)
the news on TV and...(looked) through the newspapers.Then he..(turned) off
the light and..(went) to bed.
2)A strange woman...(took) a clean sheet
of paper and a pen,...(sat) down and...(wrote) a short letter.
She...(put)the letter into the envelope with an address.
She...(gave) it to the messenger boy(посыльному).Then she...(stood) up and...(left) the room.