The neighbours ... not happy because the children ...too noisy. 1) will be, are
2) are, are
3) was, were

1. i rang you up last night but i couldn't get you on the phone. 2. i had no change about me, so i couldn't take a bus and had to walk to the office. 3. we couldn't start the loading because the holds were not clean. 4. we did our best to avoid the damage but we couldn't.  5. we had to wait for the train rather long. 6. we didn't need to buy any provisions at our last port of call as we had everything in our store room. 7. he couldn't tell you about it as he didn’t see you yesterday. 8. he caught a bad cold and had to stay at home for a fortnight. 9. the work wasn't easy and needed to be done quickly. 10. they knew there was a trouble with the engine but couldn't locate it. 11. they didn't need to shift to another berth as there was no reason for it. 12. do  you have to  take a pilot to enter the port?