Question

23.1 In this exercise you have to read a situation and then write a sentence. Example: The two boys came into the house. One had a black eye and the other had a cut lip. (they/fight) They had been fighting..1. Tom was watching television. He was feeling very tired. (he/study/hard all day) He...2. When I walked into the room, it was empty. But there was a smell of cigarettes. (somebody/smoke/in the room) Somebody...3. When Mary came back from the beach, she looked very red from the sun. she/lie/in the sun too long)...4. The two boys came into the house. They had a football and they were both very tired. (they/play/football)5. Ann woke up in the middle of the night. She was frightened and she didn't know where she was. (she/dream)...22.3 In this exercise you have to read a situation and then write a sentence.Example: We began playing football. After half an hour there was a terrible storm. We had been playing for half an hour when there was a terrible storm.1. The orchestra began playing at the concert After about ten minutes a man in the audience suddenly began shouting.The orchestra...for about ten minutes when.2. I had arranged to meet Tom in a restaurant. I arrived and began waiting. After 20 minutes I realised that I had come to the wrong restaurant. I... when I...3. Mr and Mrs Jenkins went to live in the south of France. Six months later Mr Jenkins died. They... when...​

Answer 1

1. Tom was watching television. He was feeling very tired because he had been studying hard all day.
2. When I walked into the room, it was empty. But there was a smell of cigarettes, indicating that somebody had been smoking in the room.
3. When Mary came back from the beach, she looked very red from the sun because she had been lying in the sun too long.
4. The two boys came into the house. They had a football and they were both very tired because they had been playing football.
5. Ann woke up in the middle of the night. She was frightened and she didn't know where she was because she had been dreaming.

Now for the second set of exercises:

1. The orchestra had been playing for about ten minutes when a man in the audience suddenly began shouting.
2. I had arranged to meet Tom in a restaurant. I arrived and began waiting. After 20 minutes, I realized that I had come to the wrong restaurant when I had been waiting.
3. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins went to live in the south of France. Six months later, Mr. Jenkins died. They had been living in the south of France when Mr. Jenkins died.