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Date: 2015-10-07; view: 614.

Exercise 43. a) Read the story and put the verbs in brackets in Past Simple or Past

John and Mary (1) ______________ (decide) to redecorate their room in the hostel. They (2)______________ (choose) cream paint for the walls. When Tim (3)________________ (look)

in to see how they (4) __________________ (get) on, Mary (5)______________________ (mix) the paint, and John (6)____________(wash) down the walls. They (7) ___________

(be) glad to see Tim and (8) ______________ (ask) if he (9) ___________________ (do) anything special that day. He hastily (10) ___________ (reply) he (11) ________________ (go) to the theatre and (12)______________ (go) away at once, because he (13) _______________ (know) they (14) ___________________ (look) for someone to help them.

They (15) ________________ (begin) painting, but (16) _______________ (find) the walls (17) ________________ (be) too wet. While they (18) __________________ (wait) for the walls to dry, Mary (19) ____________________ (remember) she (20) _______________(have) a phone call to make. John (21)___________ (start) painting while she (22) ______________(telephone), and (23) _________________(do) a whole wall before Mary (24) ______________ (come) back. He (25) _______________(grumble) that she always (26) _____________________ (telephone). Mary (27) _______________ (retort) that John always (28) ___________________ (complain). They (29) ____________ (work) in silence for some time.

Just as they (30) __________(start) the third wall, the doorbell (31) _____________ (ring). It (32) ______________ (be) a friend of John's who (33) ________________ (want) to know if John (34) __________________ (play) tennis the following weekend. He (35) _______________ (stay) talking to John in the hall while Ann (36) _______________ (go) on painting. At last he (37) __________________(leave).

John (38) ________________(return), expecting Mary to say something about friends who (39) _________________ (come) and (40) _________________ (waste) valuable time talking about tennis. But Mary nobly (41) ________________ (say) nothing. Then John (42) ____________ (think) he would do the ceiling. He just (43)___________ (climb)

the step ladder when the doorbell (44) ______________ (ring) again. Mary (45) _________ (say) she (46) _______________ (get) tired of interruptions but (47) ________________ (go) and (48) _________________ (open) the door. It (49) _____________ (be) the postman with a letter from her brother Jack, saying he (50) ____________________ (come) to spend the weekend with them and (51)_________________ (arrive) the next morning at 4.30.