Ex.24. Open the brackets and use the proper tense (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous).
1. When he ______ (arrive), I ______ (live) in London for a week.
2. We ______ (read) while he ______ (eat).
3. When Jack ______ (phone) me, I ______ (write) a letter.
4. When my friend ______ (come), I ______ (do) an exercise for an hour.
5. The library ______ (close) by the time I ______ (get) there .
6. I ______ (drive) home when I ______ (hear) the news on the radio.
7. They always ______ (have) loud parties which ______ (go on ) till the early hours.
8. We ______ (walk) for some hours before we ______ (realize) that we ______ (lose) our way.
9. No sooner I ______ (complain) that I ______ (not hear) from them for a long time than the letter ______ (come).
10. The concert was a great success. When the pianist ______ (finish) his part, the audience ______ (applaud) the orchestra for some minutes.
11. It was the poorest room he ever ______ (see).
12. No sooner she ______ (come) to the station than a fast train from Glasgow______ (arrive).
13. I ______ (drive) home when I ______ (hear) the news on the radio.
14. I ______ (finish) my work by afternoon and ______ (sit) quietly in my study thinking of the days that ______ (pass) by.
15. The storm already ______ (die) away , but very far off the thunder still ______ (mutter).