Question

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1.Complete the sentences by putting the verb in brackets into the Past Simple or the Past Perfect Continuous.
a) When the fire engine finally ........(arrive),Mrs Smith .....(wait) for half an hour.
b)Last year my brother .........(interview)a famous pop star which was something he........(want) to do since he was three years old.
c) Emma .......(send) articles to the newspaper for moths before they finally .............(accept) one of her stories.
d) When they awoke Odysseus and his men realised that the cave where they .......(sleep)actually .
e)William Cody ............(hunt) buffalo for many years before his friends ........(nickname) him 'Buffalo Bill'.
f)Cathryn .......(realise) she'd forgotten to switch on the microphone after she .........(interview)the footballer for ten minutes!


2.Complete the sentences with the Present Simple or the Present Continuous of the verb in brackets.
a)What time............................the next plane...................?(leave)
b)...................you...................to the zoo tomorrow ?(go)
c)What ....................at the end of the film?(happen)
d)We.....................ice skating tomorrow.(go)........................you................(come)?
e)I......................at school late tonight to help the teacher but I'll be home in time for dad's party(stay)
f)I wish I was going to Australia with you!How long ................the flight...................?(last)

Answer 1

1.a. Arrived. Was wating. b. Interdieved. Was wanting c. Was sending. Acepted d. Were sleeping e. Was hunting. Nicknamed f. Realised. Was intrving 2) a. Was.. Leaving b. Do... go c. Happened d. Goes. Do... Come e. Saw f. Was... Last