Question

Use the Past Indefinite or the Past Perfect instead of the infinitives in brackets: 1) Margot (to go) to the door and (to lock) it, and (to return) with the key. 2) He sighed again and again, like one who (to escape) from danger. 3)Then I (to search) for a piece of paper and a pencil, and I (to write) a message for the maid. 4) He (to make) tea and (to eat) the biscuits which Mrs. Aberdeen (to bring) him. 5) Ansell (to give) an angry sigh, and at that moment there (to be) a tap on the door. 6) When the cinema ( to be) over they ( to go) for a walk across the dark, damp fields. 7) The door (to open). A tall young woman (to stand) framed in the light that (to fall) from the passage. 8) Cassie (to spend) the night at home, and on entered the dining-room (to glance) at the space above the fire. 9) He (to walk) about our sitting-room all afternoon, murmuring to himself. 10) It (to be) all so sudden that for a moment no one ( to know) what (to happen). 11) He (to tell) me that they (to be) at the same public school and (to be) friends ever since. 12) At the age of seventy-four he (to be) excited as a boy about his expedition. 13) Near the door he (to see) the man he (to notice) at the station. 14) The house (to be) much smaller than he (to think) at first.

Answer 1

1)went, locked, returned
2)had escaped
3)had searched, wrote
4)made, ate, had brought
5)had given, was
6)was, went
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Answer 2

1) Margot went to the door and locked it, and returned with the key. 2) He sighed again and again, like one who had escaped from danger. 3) Then I searched for a piece of paper and a pencil, and I wrote a message for the maid. 4) He made tea and ate the biscuits which Mrs. Aberdeen had brought him. 5) Ansell gave an angry sigh, and at that moment there was a tap on the door. 6) When the cinema was over they went for a walk across the dark, damp fields. 7) The door opened. A tall young woman stood framed in the light that fell from the passage. 8) Cassie spent the night at home, and on entering the dining-room glanced at the space above the fire. 9) He walked about our sitting-room all afternoon, murmuring to himself. 10) It was all so sudden that for a moment no one knew what had happened. 11) He told me that they had been at the same public school and had been friends ever since. 12) At the age of seventy-four he was excited as a boy about his expedition. 13) Near the door he saw the man he had noticed at the station. 14) The house was much smaller than he had thought at first.

In the given sentences, the Past Indefinite and the Past Perfect tenses are used to replace the infinitives in brackets. The Past Indefinite is used to describe completed actions in the past, while the Past Perfect is used to describe actions that happened before another past action. By using these tenses, the sentences become more specific and convey a clearer timeline of events.