Question

Grammar in Action
Circle the correct words.
1 By the time Elisabeth remembered / had remembered to turn off the oven, the food had already burnt!
2 Nobody noticed that Jane wasn't feeling / hadn't been feeling happy for a very long time.
3 Peter took / was taking the dog for a walk every morning before breakfast.
4 The waitress was on the verge of/ was about to taking the order when the customers got up to leave.
5 Jacob promised he was going / would look into the matter, but he never did.
6 We were having / used to have a strict dress code at my school; jewellery and make-up for girls were strictly
prohibited.
7 At midday yesterday, my classmates and I had had / were having a picnic in the park with our teacher.
8 Was yesterday the first time you had ever been / were ever going to a cricket match?

Answer 1

Răspuns:

1. remembered
2. hadn't been feeling
3. aici nu este corectă nici o variantă. Având în vedere că spune "every morning", ne arată că este un obicei, adică cere verb la Present Simple

Dar, dacă trebuie să alegem de acolo, cea mai "corectă" ar fi "took" pentru că (depinde de context) putem să ne gândim că Peter a pățit ceva, prin urmare nu mai poate duce câinele afară.

4. was on the verge of taking

5. would look

6. used to have

7. had had

8. had ever been