Question

1) Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form, past tense, past tense continuous, past perfect or past perfect continuous:
1) The moon (shine) through the window when I went to sleep last night.
2) When she (give) the money away, she (cry) because it was her last coin and her little boy was ill.
3) She wondered where he (live) all those years.
4) After we (march) for three hours, we saw a man than (follow) us since we had come out of the forest.
5) I went up to his room; the boy (play) with his puppy.
6) I remembered I (sit) in the armchair and (smoke) until my wife came to call me for dinner.
7) She explained to us that until the last month she (live) with her parents abroad.
8) I asked him how long he (write) on the paper before he finished it.
9) The telephone (ring) for quite a long time before I came to pick up receiver.
10) I understood that he (speak) French since he was a child.
11) When we arrived we were told that it (rain) for that last three days.
12) He (work) as a driver's assistant all last summer.
13) She (work) in this shop for two years before she got married.
14) I (be) at the seaside for five days when I got a telegram and I had to return home at once.
15) We (wait) for you for almost an hour, when finally, you came.
16) How long you (play) the piano when I came and interrupted you?
17) As my friend (leave) for the countryside the next day, I did't stay with her too long that afternoon.
18) When he (be) in the army, he (be) very brave and was decorated.
19) After the result (be) announced, we could go home.

Answer 1

1. is shining
2. gave
3. was living
4. matched
5. was playing
6. sat ; was smoking
7. lived
8. wrote
9. rang
10. spoke
11. it was going to rain
12. worked
13. was working
14. was
15. waited
16. have played (cred)
17. left
18. went
19. were