1. They ____ to unlock the door for an hour but nothing ____ out of it. *
tried … was coming
was trying … was coming
were trying … came
tried … came
2. When I ____ John he ____ to an oddly looking old man. *
see … talked
saw … was talking
was seeing … was talking
was seeing … talked
3. We ____ around the forest when we ____ across a small hut. *
walking … coming
were walking … came
walked … were coming
walked … came
4. The boys ____ football and ____ to go home. *
played … didn’t want
were playing … not want
played … were not wanting
were playing … didn’t want
5. The sun ____ and it ____ the time to set off. *
was rising … was
rose … was being
was rising … is
rised … was
6. When we ____ dinner somebody ____ at the door. *
had … knocked
were having … knocked
had … was knocking
was having … was knocking
7. It ____ cats and dogs the whole day. *
was raining
rained
raining
was rained
8. When I ____ the article I ____ a lot of new words. *
translated … finded
translated … found
was translating … found
was translating … founded
9. What ____ at this time yesterday? *
did you do
you did
were you doing
you were doing
10. I ____ Jim and ____ him where he ____. *
called … asked … was
called … asked … is
was calling … asked … were
was calling … was asking … was being
11. He ____ that he already ____ for me at the station. *
said … was waiting
was saying … was waiting
says … waited
said … waited
12. The whole last week we _____ the installation. *
repair
repairing
repaired
were repairing
13. We ____ chess with Andrew from 7 till 9 yesterday. *
play
played
was playing
were playing
14. The car ____ slowly the steep road to the village, when suddenly the engine ____ out. *
climbed … died
was climbing … was dying
climbed … was dying
was climbing … died
15. They ____ posters for the conference the whole week. *
were preparing
prepared
were prepared