10.1. Раскройте скобки в предложениях, поставив глагол в правильную грамматическую форму:
1. I _____________(speak) to her several times, but she always ________________
(read) and _____________________(not hear) me.
2. He ___________________(lose) his watch while he ____________________(see)
the sights of the city.
3. He ________________(teach) English for two months when he ______________
(live) in Germany and _____________________(work) as a journalist.
4. I _______________(open) the door just as Tom _______________(ring) the bell.
5. The house _____________________(burn) fast, so we _____________________
(break) a window to get out.
6. Maisie ____________(cook) fish when I first ___________(ask) her to marry me.
7. We ________________(walk) to the station when it ____________(begin) to rain.
8. We _____________(run) under a bridge when the storm ______________(break).
9. My sister __________________(drop) two cups while she __________________
(wash up) last night; neither of them _____________________(break).
10. She ______________(put) on her raincoat when it _____________(start) to rain.
11. When the teacher ______________(come) in, the boys _______________(play).
12. The ship _________________(sink), so all the passengers __________________
(jump) into the boats.
13. He _____________________(think) of something else all the time you
_____________________ (talk) to him.
14. He ____________(eat) three sandwiches while you _____________(talk) to him.
15. When I ____________________(see) him, he ___________________(sing) and
_____________________(smoke) a cigar at the same time.
16. Maisie __________________(peel) potatoes when Tom ___________________
(ask) her to marry him.
17. The dog ____________(bite) her on the ankle while she ____________(catch) it.
18. While he __________________(get) off the bus, he ___________________(fall)
and _____________________(cut) his face.
19. He ___________________(lean) against the door and _____________________
(listen) to the radio when I first _____________________ (try) to speak to him.
20. While he _________________(write) a letter the telephone _________________
(ring); as he _________________(go) to answer it, he ___________________(hear)
a knock at the door; the telephone still _____________________ (ring) while he
__________________(walk) to the door; but just as he ________________(open) it,
it _____________________ (stop).
Answers & Comments
1. spoke, was reading, wasnt hearing
2. losed, was seeing
3. was teaching, lived, worked
4. opened, rang
5. was burning, have broken
6. was cooking, asked
7. were walking, began
8. were running, broke
9. droped, was washing up, was broked
10. was putting, started
11. came, were playing
12. was sinking, jumped
13. thought, were talking
14. ate, were talking
15. sew, was singing, was spoking
16. was peeling, asked
17. bit, was catching
18. was getting, falled, cut
19. was leaning, was listening, tried
20. was writing, rang, was going, heard, was ringing, walked, has opened/opened, stopped