Use the required past forms in the following sentences.
1. Sam just (to change) into some dry things and to wait) for dinner to be announced
when there was a knok at the door.
2. It was the second time that Anna ever (to see) pictures of Bigfoot.
3. Marx (to paint) for five years before she sold her first painting.
4. Her name was Logan. She (to be) a widow for fifteen years and had no children.
5. It (to stop) raining and the moon (to try to get through the clouds,
6. - What Marc (to do) when Peter told him the truth?
- He (to start) shouting at him!
7. It was dark by the time I reached London, and it (to rain) heavily
8. When the telephone rang Wolf (to finish) his egg and (to drink) coffee
9. The rain nearly (to stop) when he (to reach) the hotel
10. The noise of their voices (to become) distant before my father (to speak) again.
11. My sister asked her about her projects. But she hardly (to listen)
13. Peter looked at bis friend for agreement but Bill barely (to move) his head.
14. Mary and Peter (to talk) little as they (to drive) home
15. As we (to drink) coffee, Paul (to say): "Now tell me about Mary.
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1. had just changed / was waiting
2. had ever seen
3. had been painting
4. had been
5. had stopped \ was trying
6. What did Marc do... \ started
7. was raining
8. had finished \ was drinking
9. had nearly stopped \ reached
10. had become \ spoke
11. was hardly listening
13. moved
14. talked \ drove
15. were drinking \ said