Question

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past forms. I. Last year, Tom and Fiona 1) ...decided... (decide) to buy a house. They 2) ……….. (save up) for ages, and by the end of May they 3) ……… (put by) enough for the deposit on a house. They 4) …….. (live) in a tiny flat at the time and Fiona 5) ………. (insist) that she 6) ……… (want) a house with a big garden. They 7) …….. (search) for only a few days when they found exactly they 8) ……….(look for) - a two-bed roomed house in nearly an acre of garden. Unfortunately the owner 9) ……… (ask) much more than they 10)……… (be) willing to pay, and when they 11)……… (look) more closely at the interior, they 12)…….. (see) that whoever 13) ……….. (live) there before, 14)……..(make) an absolute mess of the walls and floors. Still, Fiona 15) ……….(like) the garden and the location so much that she 16)……… (manage) to convince Tom that, despite the price, it 17)…….. (be) the perfect house for them.

Answer 1

Ответ:

1 decided

2 had been saving up

3 had put by

4  were living

5 insisted

6 had been searching

7 were looking for (had been looking for)

9 was asking

10 were

11 looked

12 saw

13 had been living

14 had made

15 liked

16 managed

17 was

Объяснение:

Answer 2

1) decided 2) saved up 3) put by 4) lived 5) insisted 6) wanted 7) searched 8) were looking for 9) asked 10) were willing 11) looked 12) saw 13) had lived 14) had made 15) liked 16) managed 17) was