Question

I. Put the verbs in parentheses into the Past Simple or the Past Perfect
Continuous:

11. Although the girl only (miss) for eight hours the parents (decide) to
call the police.
12. The dog (whine) for the whole day before our neighbour finally
(throw) him a bone.
13. The diver (discover) a pirate ship that (lie) on the sea bed for two centuries.
14. Roy (work) over a math problem for two hours before his sister (come) and (help).
15. The rabbit (be) very tired. He (run) from the dog for hours.
16. I (realize) someone (use) my camera because there were finger marks on the lens.
17. No wonder the engine (break) down yesterday; it (run) for 24 hours.
18. At last the experimenters (find) the vaccine they (try) to develop for
three years.
19. The fresco which the artist (paint) since the previous summer (be) ready in August of 1661,
20. It (be) only last year that Joan (finish) the book she (write) since 1981

Answer 1

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I. Put the verbs in parentheses into the Past Simple or the Past Perfect

Continuous:

11. Although the girl had only been missing (miss) for eight hours the parents decided (decide) to call the police.

12. The dog had been whining (whine) for the whole day before our neighbour finally threw (throw) him a bone.  

13. The diver  discovered (discover) a pirate ship that had been lying (lie) on the sea bed for two centuries.

14. Roy had been working (work) over a math problem for two hours before his sister came (come) and helped (help).                            

15. The rabbit was (be) very tired. He had been running (run) from the dog for hours.

16. I realized (realize) someone had been using (use) my camera because there were finger marks on the lens.

17. No wonder the engine broke (break) down yesterday; it had been running (run) for 24 hours.

18. At last the experimenters found (find) the vaccine they had been trying (try) to develop for three years.                      

19. The fresco which the artist had been painting (paint) since the previous summer was (be) ready in August of 1661,

20. It was (be) only last year that Joan finished (finish) the book she had been writing (write) since 1981.