Question

ПОМОГИТЕ ПОЖАЛУЙСТА!!! Exercise 6. Use the Past Simple, the Past Progressive, the Past Perfect or the Past Perfect Progressive Tense instead of the infinitives in brackets. 2. Tony (return) to the book he (read) before his mother (enter). He (try) to concentrate, but he couldn't. Her last words still (ring) in his ears. 3. The town (not be) large, but he (not be) sorry that he (come) there. His parents (live) in this very street for thirty years before they all (leave) for London! 4. Who (sit) here before I (come)? 5. He (go) back to the drawing-room. His wife (stand) near the window. She still (look) at the garden. The leaves (fall) down all night, and the trees (stand) bare and (whisper) something… when William (come) back he (see) that his wife (try) to keep back tears… 6. When he (dress), he (go) downstairs and (write) a long letter to his sister who (stay) at her friends’ 7. She (phone) and (call) a taxi. She (sit) and (wait) only five minutes when a car (come). She (rush) to the station where Mike (wait) already. 8. I (not be) here ten minutes before your brother (come in). 9. Dave (enter) the room. Margie (read). She (look up) at him and (smile). Their two sons (sit) and (watch) TV. They (not talk) to each other). Dave (see) they (quarrel). 10. I (try) to remember what I (do) yesterday before he (call). “What you (do) during the last ten minutes before his call?” the inspector (keep) asking. But I (not remember) anything at all.

Answer 1

2. Tony (returned) to the book he (had been reading) before his mother (entered). He (was trying) to concentrate, but he couldn't. Her last words were still (ringing) in his ears.
3. The town (was not ) large, but he (was not) sorry that he (had come) there. His parents (had lived) in this very street for thirty years before they all (left) for London!
4. Who (had been sitting) here before I (came)?
5. He (went) back to the drawing-room. His wife (was standing) near the window. She was still (looking) at the garden. The leaves (had been falling) down all night, and the trees (were standing) bare and (whispering) something… when William (came) back he (saw) that his wife (was trying) to keep back tears…
6. When he (had dressed), he (went) downstairs and (wrote) a long letter to his sister who (was staying) at her friends’
7. She (phoned) and (called) a taxi. She (had been sitting) and (waiting) only five minutes when a car (came). She (rushed) to the station where Mike (was waiting) already.
8. I (had not been) here ten minutes before your brother (came in).
9. Dave (entered) the room. Margie (was reading). She (looked up) at him and (smiled). Their two sons (were sitting) and (watching) TV. They (were not talking) to each other. Dave (saw) they (had been quarrelling).
10. I (tried) to remember what I (did) yesterday before he (called). “What had you (been doing) during the last ten minutes before his call?” the inspector (kept) asking. But I (did not remember) anything at all.

Answer 2

Exercise 6: Using Past Tenses

2. Tony returned to the book he had been reading before his mother entered. He tried to concentrate, but he couldn't. Her last words still rang in his ears.

3. The town was not large, but he was not sorry that he had come there. His parents had lived in this very street for thirty years before they all left for London!

4. Who had been sitting here before I came?

5. He went back to the drawing-room. His wife was standing near the window. She still looked at the garden. The leaves had been falling down all night, and the trees stood bare and whispered something... When William came back, he saw that his wife was trying to keep back tears...

6. When he dressed, he went downstairs and wrote a long letter to his sister who was staying at her friends'.

7. She phoned and called a taxi. She sat and waited only five minutes when a car came. She rushed to the station where Mike was already waiting.

8. I had not been here ten minutes before your brother came in.

9. Dave entered the room. Margie was reading. She looked up at him and smiled. Their two sons were sitting and watching TV. They were not talking to each other. Dave saw they had been quarreling.

10. I tried to remember what I had been doing yesterday before he called. "What were you doing during the last ten minutes before his call?" the inspector kept asking. But I could not remember anything at all.