Past simple passive or past progressive passive?
1. The letter didn't come by post it (put) on our doorstep by someone while we were out .
2.While the table (lay) we had time to change our dirty clothes.
3. Jack heard footsteps behind him and realized that he (Follow).
4.The piece of advice (give) to me by my father many years ago.
5.While the man's identity (check) by the police, he broke away and escaped.
6. By whom Hamlet first (translate) into Russian?
7.At that moment some music (play) loudly so I couldn't hear very well what he was saying to me.
8.The rooms in the house still (decorate) when the family had to move in, which caused a lot of inconvenience.
9.The play first (stage)in 1903 and was a huge success.
10.The children quickly (put) in a line and (take) to their classroom.
ответ:
1. yesterday i had to answer all these letters. 2. do we have to write a dictation today? — yes, tomorrow we begin a new lesson. 3. shall i invite anna to dinner? — yes, please. 4. did you have to stay home because the weather was bad? 5. you definitely must come and have a look at our son.— with pleasure. 6. shall i go for a walk with nick now? - no, you don't have to.
you know that he has to go to bed at three o'clock. 7. i don't like to stay up late, but sometimes i have to. 8. i'm glad i didn't have to finish this work yesterday. 9. you should visit your friend. yesterday he did not come to class. 10. why didn't you come? — i couldn't, i had to take my children to the doctor. 11. you don't need to go to the library, we have got a lot of books at home, and you may take any book you like. 12. he shouldn't wake us so early.