Question

Поставить глаголы в правильное время: 6. it (be) more than a month before i (realize) what (happen). 7. when jack (not/arrive) by 6p.m. i (know) he (miss) the bus. 8. when i (meet) him he (work) as a plumber for a year or so. 9. we scarcely (start) eating when there (be) another scream. 10. we (look) through the agreement before we (sign) it. 11. i (be) very pleased when my son (find) my watch because we (look) for it for hours. 12. nina (think) she (leave) her purse in a locker in the changing room the day before. 13. i (wake) up and (look) out of the window. everything (be) white. it (snow) all night. 14. not until i (look) at my watch did i realize how much time (pass). 15. karen (admit) that she (make) a mistake and (apologize). 16. isabel (send) a postcard to the girl she (make) friends with while she (attend) a language course. 17. they (run) out of petrol because paul (use) the car several times before. 18. when we (get) to the airport we (hear) that they (cancel) all the flights. 19. when our teacher (see) what tom (do) she (be) absolutely furious. 20. my old watch (work) very well for many years before i (drop) it. 21. i (run) out of money but luckily i (be) able to borrow enough to get home. 22. i (have) to be early the next morning, so i (excuse) myself and (leave) the party. 23. he (keep) his job although the manager (threaten) to sack him several times. 24. when mr gabb (come) out of the water, he (find) that somebody (take) all his clothes. 25. after the movie (finish) they (decide) to get something to eat. 26. many modern medicines were not invented by western scientists but by tribal people who (use) them for generations before europeans (arrive). 27. it was not surprising that she (start) getting a bad toothache. she (not/go) to the dentist for two years. 28. her work (look) really neat because she (use) the computer. 29. the chairman's main fault was that he persistently (interrupt) the speakers before they (finish). 30. after she (dress) and (eat) her breakfast, linda (rush) off to her office for a meeting with her accountant. 31 peter already (see) that musical before he (read) the review about it. 32. when i (go) into the room i could smell cigarette smoke. obviously somebody (smoke) in there.

Answer 1

6.  It (was) more than a month before I (realized) what (had happened). 7.  When Jack (had not arrived) by 6p.m. I (knew) he (had missed) the bus. 8.  When I (met) him he (had been working) as a plumber for a year or so. 9.  We had scarcely (started) eating when there (was) another scream. 10.  We (had looked) through the agreement before we (signed) it. 11.  I (was) very pleased when my son (found) my watch because we (had been looking) for it for hours. 12.  Nina (thought) she (had left) her purse in a locker in the changing room the day before. 13.  I (woke) up and (looked) out of the window. Everything (was) white. It (had been snowing) all night. 14.  Not until I (looked) at my watch did I realize how much time (had passed). 15.  Karen (admitted) that she (had made) a mistake and (apologized). 16.  Isabel (sent) a postcard to the girl she (had made) friends with while she (was attending) a language course. 17.  They (ran) out of petrol because Paul (had used) the car se­veral times before. 18.  When we (got) to the airport we (heard) that they (had cancelled) all the flights. 19.  When our teacher (saw) what Tom (had done) she (was) absolu­tely furious. 20.  My old watch (had been working) very well for many years before I (dropped) it. 21.  I (had run) out of money but luckily I (was) able to borrow enough to get home. 22.  I (had) to be early the next morning, so I (excused) myself and (left) the party. 23.  He (kept) his job although the manager (had threatened) to sack him several times. 24.  When Mr Gabb (came) out of the water, he (found) that somebody (had taken) all his clothes. 25.  After the movie (had finished) they (decided) to get something to eat. 26.  Many modern medicines were not invented by western scientists but by tribal people who (had been using) them for gene­rations before Europeans (arrived). 27.  It was not surprising that she (started) getting a bad tooth­ache. She (had not gone) to the dentist for two years. 28.  Her work (looked) really neat because she (had used) the computer. 29.  The chairman's main fault was that he had persistently (interrupted) the speakers before they (finished). 30. After she (had dressed) and (eaten) her breakfast, Linda (rushed) off to her office for a meeting with her accountant. 31 Peter had already (seen) that musical before he (read) the re­view about it. 32.  When I (went) into the room I could smell cigarette smoke. Obviously somebody (had been smoking) in there.