Past Indefinite or Past Perfect
Those grey hairs startled me. I __ they were there, (to know - negative) 12. Gemma __ her hand and __ into the house. When the door __ behind her he __ and __ the spray of cypress which __ from her breast, (to pull away, to run, to close, to stoop, to pick up, to fall). 13. The fire __ dead, the moon __ down, and the window -grey before I went to sleep, (to be, to go, to be). 14. I told him everything. He __ and __, like a figure cut in stone, till I __ (to stand, to listen, to finish) 15. When I __ Viste Grande towards dusk I found two notes awaiting me... (to reach) 16. He __ hardly __ another cigarette when the general __ into the courtyard, (to light, to come). 17. Gemma went slowly down the stairs, Martini following in silence. She __ to look ten years older in these few days, and the gray streak across her hair __ into a broad band, (to grow, to widen) 18. Presently the sounds of voices and footsteps approaching along the terrace roused her from the dreamy state into which she __ (to fall) 19. She was a woman of nearly fifty who __ obviously __ pretty once. (to be) 20. They crouched down behind the group of statuary and __ till the watchman __ (to wait, to pass) 21. Moreover, to him [the doctor] the affair was commonplace; it was just a hysterical woman who __ with her lover and __ poison, (to quarrel, to take) 22. The moon __ yet __ I sat in the sultry dark, making patterns with the end of my cigarette and listening, listening, (to rise - negative). 23. One night there Hew over the city a little Swallow. His friends __ away to Egypt six weeks before, but he __ behind. (to go, to stay). 24. By this time Collard's offer __ a thing of nightmare, (to become). 25. When Alison __ the first strains of the orchestra came stealing out to me from inside the hall, (to disappear). 26. He __ just __ the hall when a stranger __ (to leave, to enter). 27. On glancing at the address, he observed that it contained no name. The stranger __ far, so he made after him to ask it. (to go __ negative)

Gemma had slept badly the last few nights, and there were dark shadows under her eyes, (to sleep) (Voynich)

When he returned to his hotel he found a message that someone had telephoned in his absence... (to telephone) (Hilton)

The Gadfly had paused a moment, glancing furtively at Gemma; then he went on (to pause, to go on). (Voynich)

had passed, had walked, recollected

The moon had not risen There was nothing to dispel the dark of the night, (to rise — negative) (Abrahams)

Hardly sat down. she sat down when a very stout gentleman had flopped into the chair opposite hers, (to sit down, to flop) (Mansfield)

They did not speak to him again, until he had eaten (to eat) (Greene)

Now the madman on the stairs spoke again and his mood had suddenly changed ; he seemed quietly merry, (to change) (Priestley)

Then Martini had entered the room, the Gadfly turned his head round quickly, (to enter) (Voynich)

Those grey hairs startled me. I had not known they were there, (to know — negative) (Cain)

11. Gemma had pulled away her hand and ran into the house. When the door had closed behind her he stooped and picked up the spray of cypress which had fallen from her breast, (to pull away, to run, to close, to stoop, to pick up, to fall). (Voynich)

The fire was dead, the moon went down, and the window had been grey before I went to sleep, (to be, to go, to be). (Cain)

I told him everything. He stood and listened, like a figure cut in stone, till I had finished (to stand, to listen, to finish) (Voynich)

When I had reached Viste Grande towards dusk I found two notes awaiting me... (to reach) (Hilton)

He had hardly lighted another cigarette when the general came into the courtyard, (to light, to come). (Maugham)

Gemma went slowly down the stairs, Martini following in silence. She had grown to look ten years older in these few days, and the gray streak across her hair wided into a broad band, (to grow, to widen) (Voynich)

Presently the sounds of voices and footsteps approaching along the terrace roused her from the dreamy state into which she fell(to fall) (Voynich)

She was a woman of nearly fifty who had obviously been pretty once. (to be) (/. Shaw)

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