Question

148. Put the verbs in parentheses into the correct past tense.

In the darkness as he (1. sit) on the cliff that night, William
(2. remember) things concerning his boyhood that (3. not come
back) to his mind in years. After his fourteenth anniversary, when he
(4. go to work at the post office, William
(5. stay) away
from the river. He (6. forget) the reason why that
(7. happen), but now he (8. remember). The Spencers, who
(9. offer) him a shelter, would not go to church on Sundays. They
(10. spend) the afternoons sitting in chairs underneath a tree, beside
the house. Sometimes they (11. just talk) but most of the times
they
(12. read) books. During the long summer Sunday
afternoons William
(13. go) along the river bank by the road for
(15. lie)
two or three miles, then (14. turn) into a grove and
down in the shade. Those
(16. be) delightful moments for him
(18. may) lead
(17. give) them up for fear they
(19. sit) above the
him to take up his old habits again. Now as he
same river he
(20. gaze) down at years ago, a feeling of loneliness
(22. fall
(21. sweep) over him. His last thought before he
asleep)
(23. be) about leaving the country. When he
(26. be) still on the
(24. awake), the day
(25. break) and he (26. be ) still …

Answer 1

1. sat
2. remembered
3. didn't came back
4. went
5. stood
6. had forgotten
7. happened
8. remembers
9. offered
10. would have spend
11. would just talk
12. would have read
13. would go
14. would have turn
16. would have been
17. gave
19. sat
20. gaze
21. sweeped
22. had fallen
23. was
24. had awoken
25. had broken
26. would still be