Exercise 7. Put the verbs in brackets into past perfect or past simple.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 1097.

Exercise 6. Open the brackets. Use past simple or past continuous.

1. I ______________ (open) the shutters and_______________ (look) out. The car _____________________ (stand) where I had left it.

2. Suddenly I ____________ (realize) that they _______________ (not/pay) attention to me any longer. They _____________________ (mutter) something and all_________________ (look) in the same direction. I ____________ (turn) my head and __________________ (look) where they all ______________________ (look). A man ___________________ (come) slowly down a steep little street that ______________________ (lead) uphill between the house on my right.

3. On my left I ____________ (see) the lights of the first house of the village. And I __________ (hurry) towards it through the wood when a sudden flash of light __________ (make) me stop.

4. At that time I _______________________ (look) for the job.

5. Miss Nobs ____________ (not/see) him leave the house. At half past four she _____________ (make) herself a cup of tea in a small recess off the main corridor.

6. The idea first_______________ (occur) to me that afternoon as I _______________________ (back) the car into the garage.

7. I probably ____________ (drop) the key when I ___________________ (fish) for small change in my bag at the news-stand.

8. All through the night I _______________ (hear) them work, open drawers, drag cases over the floor. They ______________________ (pack).

1. They ______________ (eat) everything by the time I ______________ (arrive) at the party.

2. Last night I _____________ (arrive) home at half past twelve. I ___________ (have) a bath and then I ______________ (go) to bed.

3. Nobody ___________ (come) to the meeting because Ann _______________ (forget) to tell people about it.

4. When the police _________________ (arrive), the car _________________ (go).

4. The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody __________________ (go) to bed.

6. All the garages ________________ (close) by the time we ______________ (cross) the border.

7. I _____________ (try) telephoning her several times but she _______________ (leave) the city.

8. When we were on holiday, the weather ___________________ (be) awful.

6. The car _______________ (go) when I ___________________ (look) into the street.

7. You already _____________________ (leave) when the trouble ___________________ (start).

8. When I _______________ (find) the purse, someone _______________ (take) money out of it.

9. We arrived at the cinema late. The film already ___________________ (begin).

10. Richard already __________________ (go) when his boss ________________ (call).