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I lit the fire at 6.00 andit (burn) brightly when Tom came in at 7.00.
2 When I arrived the lecture had already started and the professor
(Write) on the overhead projector.
3 I (make) a cake when the light went out. I had to finish it in the dark.
4 I didn't want to meet Paul so when he entered the room I {leave).
s Unfortunately when I arrived Ann just (leave), so we only had time for
a fe"v words.
6 He (watch) TV when the phone rang. Very unwillingly he {turn) down
the sound and (go) to answer it.
7 He was very polite. Whenever his wife entered the room he (stand) up.
8 The admiral (play) cricket when he received news of the invasion. He
(insist) on finishing the game.
9 My dog (walk) along quietly when Mr. Peter's Pekinese attacked him.
10 When I airived she (have) lunch. She apologized for starting without
me but said that she always (lunch) at 12.30.
11 He always (\l\lear) a raincoat and ( carry) an umbrella when he walked
to the office.
12 What you (do) before you (get) this job? rv
I (work) for Brown and Company. rv
And how long you (stay) with them? rv
I (stay) for about six months.
13 I (share) a flat with him when we were students. He always
(Complain) about my untidiness. : _
14 He suddenly (realize) that he (travel) in the wiiong direction.
15 He (play) the guitar outside her hous,• w.h e n: someone opened
the window and (throw) out a bucket of water._·
16 We (not get) much sleep last night Be·cause the people
next
door (have) a noisy party _· _. . ;·· . .• -- .. · -
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17 The burglar (open) the safe wJi e n··h· e J ti f o. ts t e p s. He immediately
ea t1t
(put) out his torch and (era - ) u n d e pJ H,e Be d . ·-
18 When I (look) for my passpo.,rt I ( fi tl }' - h i s· old photograph.
19 You looked very busy when,! IJsee) \ roµ r] a s t .,n i g h t . What you (do)?
20 The boys (play) video gam s: w h e n, l f l \ e y (hear) their father's
step. ',;·- v •l . _, • " , - · ,•.

They immediately (stop) platJam; !?e\g ar,:t:.:l,': _ and

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21 He (clean) his gun when it a: c c i d e n t a l y f (g' o ) offand (kill) him.
22 He (not allow) us to go. au J1lrf t h e 1 b at yesterday as a strong
wind . .. .
(blow). . - :: ("{ ""
23 As (cr ss) the ,·oad I f p ) o cl l>a n a n a skin and (fall) heavily.
24 I still (he) on the ro d y vJt .l · C ;E; ) a lorry approaching.
25 Luckily the driver (se e anctrstop) the lorry in time.

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26 How yo \ r so badly? IV
(damage,)
I (run) into a lamQfpq p .y e s t e r d a y . IV
I suppose you ( dpive} t tto quickly or were not looking where you (go).
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As he (get) into the bus it (start) suddenly and he (fall)ba o kw a
on to the road. , ·d ( ·
28 I (call) Paul at 7.00 but it wasn't necessary because h- a_ r ea Y get)
up. .
29 When he (mend) the fuse he (get) a very bad shock. .
30 When I ( heari his knock I (go) to the door and ( op n)
recognize) him at first because I (not wear) my glasses.
31 When I came in they (sit) round the fire. Mr. P_itt {doJ a crossword
puzzle, Mrs. Pitt (knit), the others (read). Mrs. Patt (smile) at me and
(say), 'Come and sit down.'
32 While the guests (dance) thieves (break) into the house and (Set a l ) a
lot of fur coats.
33 The next day, as they (know) that the police (-l o o k ) for them, they
(hide) the coats in a wood and (go) off in pi_fferent directions.
34 Shewas very extravagant. She always (buy_:)' flerself new clothes.
35 Her mother often (tell) her that -sh e (spend too much money but she
never (listen). - _: ·,. ··
36 Whenever the drum1ner (begin) pract id ng .t h e people in the next flat
(bang) on the wall. .. -- ,. .
37 Mr. Smith never (wake) up,.tin ti.mi? in( ' t h e· mornings and always (get)
into trouble for being lat t s o one a ay··ti e ( g o ) to ' t o w n and (buy) an
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alarm clock.
T0 get
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ome he (have t o,: •g o th..-:ouQt, a _fi el d where a bad- i:em p·"?re d
bull usually (graze).
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39 This buli normally (not c se ). P ,op l e;: _ u n l e ss something (make.. him
angry. Unfortunately, as_ M r·iL .,-tjJt h {c_ross) thefield, his aiarm clock
(go) off. - -:: · ·? ··
40 This (annoy) the bull, w ,r)"\nQlecJi,at h, {begin)1:o chase ,Mr . SrrJ.t h .
41 Mr. Smith (carry) an open umbr ell a- as it (rain) slightly. He (th n v) the
umbrella .to the groun·d.•. ·, and (runf ...away as fast as he could.
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42 The bu ll (stop) a nd (be iq ) ; t_o a tt ack the umbrella. While ht
tdo) th. -h d .,{ ,•,..a. . ,( ...\
Mr. Smit escape . - . . ::f..,_ " ► - · ,/. '- · •·
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43 When he (awake) she (sit) by the window. She (look) at nomethri, - in

the street, but wh_ h e { ca ll ) her she (turn) and (smile) c; : him.
44 Why you (interrup, t - me just now? 1 (have) a
verr inte: ting
conversation w h Mn. Pitt.
45 The murderer - al;!Y) the co pse down the stairs wh, n a,,·:; (hear} a
knock on the door.
46 When I (look) through your books I (notice) that you-- 4;..v e a copy of
Murder in the Cathedral. .
47 As they (walk) along the road they (hear) a car .:1.:, nin g from..
behind them. Tom (turn) round and (hold) up his hand ; /:,e car
(stop).
48 Wh n I (arrive) at the station Mary (wait) *::-,· me. She (we r)a blue
dress and look)_ very pretty. As so n as s,. lsee) me she (wave) and
(shout) something, but I couldn t he•:, ? •h at she (say) because
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 so She said that the car (travel) at 40 km/h. when it (begin) ·.t sk i d; ·
51 She said that she(not like) her present flat and (try) to find· '?ther• .
52 While he (make)' his speech the ministe. r suddenly (fe I) aant. But
someone (bring) him a glass of water and·1after a few m•n tes he
(be
able) to continue. .
53 When I (see) him he (paint) a portrait of his wife. -
You (like) it? rv . • .
He only just (start) when I (see) it, so I couldn't jtidg .· _
54 I (bel sorry that I (have to) leave the party arly,_ because I
(enJoy) myself.
55 As we (come) here a policeman (stop) us. He that he (look) for
some stolen property and (ask) if he could s .r e e car.
56 I (see) you yesterday from the bus. Why y u ( fi"s ),cJ tick? -
I (use) a stick because I had hur: my eg that irl(?rning falling off a
horse.rv . · ;
Whose horse you (ride)?
57 The floor was covered with Mrs. Pitt (knit)
something. -.. _ .. ,. ,
58 Ann said that she (be) on h·· i.d ay. I .. saiy)· that I (hope) that she
(enjoy) herself. ;, :·: · ;,:
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59 While he (water) the flowers. ,, .t ) o'egi n ) 11,· t o rain. He (put) up his
umbrella and (go) on watering _·.. ·· ·-, . .•:': ' ·
60 I just (write) a cheque when_. I J r. ;n e 'l,1_b ef1 that! (h v2) ith:ng !n t e
bank. ·-- ·- . · ;-:.;
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I (find) this ring as I ( dig ..in theg ·a den. It looks very old. I wonder
who it (belong) to? _ _ ' '--/
62 When I last (see) hers .r..'i;v) ·aJon g the road to the $tation. I (ask)
her where she (go) ancl ( sa,y), 'London', but I don't think she
(speak) the truth be , ase t . ere (not be) .any train for London at that
time. ·. · ·
63 The tailor said, 'Yo ill be ready on Monday.' But when I (call)
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onMonday he still _ Ql1 )--o n i t
64 The teacher (come) in o the classroo1n unusually early and one of the
boys, who (smoke) a cigarette, (have) no time to put it out. So he
(throw) it into the desk and (hope) for the best.
65 A little later the teacher (notice) that smoke (rise) from this desk.
'You (smoke) when I (come) in?' he (ask).
66 While I (swim) someone (steal) my clothes and I (have to) walk home
. · in my swimsuit.
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71 I (come) in very late last night and unfortunately· t he dog (w .i! )

and (start) to bark. T.lai s {wake) my mother who (come) to the tp
the stairs and (say), 'Who is there?' · - -
I (say), 'It is me,' but she (not hear) me because the dog__{bark) so
loudly, so she (go) back to her room and {telephone) thep o h e ;t··
72 Peter and Ann (decide) to redecorate t heir _ . s i t t ni ·g- r o o m
n
themselves. They (choose) cream paint for the woo ork
d
apricot for the walls. When John (look) in to see how t V
(get) on, Ann (mix) the paint, and Peter ( w s h_ ·.d ow n e
walls. They {be) glad to see John and (ask) if fieJ do) a n y tnhg 1
special that day. He hastily (reply) he ( go);,. -t o he theatre
and (go) away at once, because he (know) thev '( l oo ) for
someone to help
them. ·. , .
73 They (begin) painting, but (find) the walls ·t b j · t o o wet. While
they (wait) for the walls to dry, Ann (r ember) she (have)a
phone call to make. Peter ( st ar t )m. _"'".',in' tin g \Vhile
she
(telephone.), and {do) a whole wall . efo 'An n (come) back.
He (grumble) that she always { telephl ,ne),. ,An n (retort) that
74 Peter always in
They (work) (complain). . , , .· ..,J,t •u. .st - a·s· they (start) the
silence for so' rn e t hn
third wall, the d?orbell {r raj ) f' : I t (.! -l· a rf ien of Peter's
who
(want) to know 1f Peter {play) golf tile following weekend. He
(stay) talkinR to Peter i,n the haf H.w h i l e:':,:An n .( 9 ) on painting.
At last h-e· Pe j ( r t i[ , \ e x p e c t i n g Ann to say
(leave)-. r:,l;i
something about friends wl:1+.:'6· ( c o "J e ) · nd {waste) valuable time
talking about golf. But An n: n. 2 t,,I.M(f,s a y;f .n ot h in g.
75 Then Peter {think) he wouJd· a o the ceJling. He just (climb)
the step ladder when the door BJ! II ( r i n g1 . g ai n. Ann (say)
she ( get)
tired of interruptions bu ·," g a\1 ..,,Copen) the door. It (be) the
postman with a letter from her n t Mary, saying she ( come) to
spend the weekend f!:i h !& t h e;' nd (arrive) that evening at
6.30. , a,; ,f. ¾ . -
76 I (walk) along Picc- · y w l] i l n I (realize) that a man with·· a
ginger 11, a_r , wh l ) h ad· seen three times already that
afternoon, ( f oli o".. . e ". To make quite sure, I (walk)
on q ickly, (turn) ht, h en left and (stop) suddenly at a shop
window. In a 1nutes th_e man with the beard (appear)
and (stop) at a · · er shop window. I (go) on. Whenever 1
(stop) he (stop), and whenever I (look) round he (be) still
there. He (look) a very respectable type and (we )
. conventional
· clothes and I (wonder) if he wasa p· o l · ar very
t· _ _,, , (d
pr1 d ec 1ve .;:-- I ec de) to try and shake an or a
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 .,,._ _ . ( come.) d ownsta1_· rs and ( ri· ng) the bell; ju•st as con uctor
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the b
.:\, ;•;;.·. : o f f , I (Jump) on 1t. The man with the
beard (m· us (move)
/r , / ;f t _e t ) into another 74, which (follow) the firs: s) the busbut
?-1· : ,,;,:;::{:ra w l ) very slowly along Knightsbridge E . . Both bu es
:.,( .·?t J ,;( puJll ., up : a t a stop, the man (look) out ve_ry time the buses-.
., •<:t, ·: :..'·.tc•s /\ :·.'< : .: . - · anxiously to see if I ·
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 {get) off. Finally, at some t raf fi c:.tf g li ' t s, he (change) buses and
{get) into mine. At Gloucester Ro ad- 'Un d er gr ound, I {leave)
the bus and ( buy ) a ticket at a_tick et .m ach i n e. As I
(stand) on
the platform wai t-ip 9 f o r _. a Ci ,:c l . Lt2 e· train, my pursuer (come)
own the stairs.. He (parry . a ne sp_aper and when we (get)
into the same com par m en ,t?:h e, :( s i t ) 1n one corner reading it,
and I (read} the ad ver.ti s e m e n t !jC"-H e (look) over the top of the
newspaper at every station ,t o see if I (get) out. 1 (become)
rather tired of being st,ado ed like this, so finally I (go) and
(sit) beside the ma o;,. and ·( a sk l him why he (follow) me. At
first he (say) he (not follow) _m e at all but when I (threaten) t o--
knock him down, h ( ad.m i t ) that he was. Then he (tell) mehe
(be) a writer of detectiv stories and {try) to see if it was
difficult to follow som.eorie unseen. 1 {tell) him he hadn't been
unseen because _I : ha d n'o t i ced him in Piccadilly and I {advise)
him to shave off _hi ginger beard if he (not want) his victim to
know he (be) fo_ll o w e d .
77 He (sit) on the..bitnk fishing when he (see) a man's hat fl oa t
i_n g down the river. :tt (seem) strangely familiar.
78 It (snow) h·eavi ly when he (wake) up. He (remember) that
Jack (come) for lunch and (decide) to go down to the station to
meet him in case he (lose) his way in the snowy lanes.
79 When I {reach) the street ! (realize) that I (not knew) ti-:e
number of Tom's house. I (1.·londe:-) \Vh t to t.:o about it when
· to:n h f '! s e ! f (tap) me on the shoulder.
80 A -; the goalkeeper (run) forward to seize the ball a bottle
(strike) him on the shoulder.
81 I (look) through the classroom window. A geometry l ess·o n
(go) on. The teacher {draw) diagrams on the blackboard.
82 Most of the boys (listen) to the teacher but a few {,iyhisper) to each
other, and Tom (read) a history book. Tom ( h.at e )
mathematics; he always (read) history during his m.a t n em a t i
cs
lesson. ..
83 Everyone (read) quietly when suddenly the door (burst) open
and a complete stranger (rush) in.
84 r (go) to Jack's house but (not find) him in. His m ther (say)
that she (not know) what he (do) but (think-) he probably
(play) football.
85 This used to be a station and all the London trains (stop) here.
But two years ago they {close) the station and (give) us a bus
service instead. . _. .
86 She (promise) not to report me to the p.ol i c e out ten m i n u, t e s
later I {see) her talking with a p o li ce, man and from
the expression on his face I am sure she (tf .11) him all about i t.
87 f {pick) up the receiver and (dial) a number. To my surpri s-e I
(find) myself listening to an extraordinary conversation. Two
men (plan) to kidnap the Prime Mi ni.st r .

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 . . W (b ) both in the same year.
88 I (meet) Paul at the un1vers1ty. e e . t rested in it and
He (study) law, but he (not be) very in e
(spend) most of his time practising the flute.) d two panting
89 The train just (start) when the door ( open an
passengers (leap) in. d ?' (say) the
90 'What you (do) between 9.00 and 10.00 yester ay.
detective. house
'I ( clean) my house,' said Mrs. Jones. 'I alwaysc 1ean my
on Saturday mornings.' ) th
91 My neighbour {look) in last night and (say) that he (leave e
district and (go) to Yorkshire, to a new job. I (say) that I (be)
very sorry that he (go), and (tell) him to write to me from
Yorkshire and tell mehowhe (get) on.
92 They (build) that bridge when I (be) here last year. They
haven't finished it yet.
93 The dentist's waiting room was full of people. Some (re d)
magazines, others just {turn) over the pages. A woman (knit);
a child (play) with a toy car. Suddenly the door (open) and the
nurse (say), 'Next, please.'
94 The house next to yours (be) fu J of policemen and police dogs
yesterday. rv
What they (do)?-
I (henrJ that they (look) for drugs. rv
They (find) any?-
Yest I believe one of the dogs (discover) ome :::annab!s. t
95 Peter (tell) meyesterday that he (make) his own £5 notes. rv
Don't believe him. He just (pull) your leg.
96 A traffic warden just (stick) a parking ticket to my windscreen
when I (come) back to the car. I (try) to persuade him to tear
it up but he (refuse).
97 Annworks in the branch where the big robbery (take) place. N
Sheactually (work) there at the time of the raid?
98 When Ann (say) that she (come) to see me the next day, I
(wonder} what flowers she would bring. She always brings
flowers.
99 While I {wonder) whether to buy the dress or not, someone
else (come) and (buy} it. '--
100 He a l_ w ay s (borrow) from me (he borrowed more often than
was reasonable) but when I once (ask) him to lend me
something, he (say) he (not have) got it before he even (know)
what I (want) to borrow.

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