Лекция: While the kids ..... in the garden, their mother was hurriedly cooking dinner.
Were playing
Played
Had been playing
Had played
23. Sam says he didn’t enjoy the program because the TV set… properly.
didn’t work
hadn’t worked
wasn’t working
hadn’t been working
Before Adam got married, he… hiking to the mountains every summer. Now he goes to the seaside with his wife.
Went
Would go
Had gone
Had been going
25. I saw Paul at the airport. He… for his brother’s plane to arrive from Canada.
Had been waiting
Was waiting
Waited
Had waited
When I first… to England in 1938, I thought I knew English fairly well.
Came
Had come
Was coming
Had been coming
Scarcely… out of the window when I saw a flash of light.
Had I looked
I was looking
Had I been looking
Was I looking
28. Margaret didn’t wear her shoes; she was barefoot. She… on a piece of broken glass and cut her foot.
Stepped
Had stepped
Was stepping
Had been stepping
29. When I was young, I… that people over forty were very old. Now that I am forty myself I don’t think so.
Thought
Used to think
Was thinking
Had thought
Rescue workers… a man, a woman, and two children from cold rushing water.
Had pulled
Pulled
Were pulling
Had been pulling
31. It's too late to telephone Tom now. I think I… him in the morning.
Will call
Am going to call
Will be calling
Will have called
By the first of December this year I… here for fifteen years already.