Ex.24. Open the brackets and use the proper tense (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous).
1. When he (arrived), I _had beeen__ (living) in London for a week.
2. We _were__ (reading) while he _was___ (eating).
3. When Jack (phoned) me, I __was__ (writing) a letter.
4. When my friend (came), I had been (doing) an exercise for an hour.
5. The library (had closed) by the time I (got) there .
6. I _was_ (driving) home when I ___ (heard) the news on the radio.
7. They were always having loud parties which went on till the early hours.
8. We _had been_ (walking) for some hours before we (realized) that we (had lost) our way.
9. No sooner had I (complained) that I (had not heard) from them for a long time than the letter _ (came).
10. The concert was a great success. When the pianist (finished) his part, the audience _ (applauded) the orchestra for some minutes.
11. It was the poorest room he had ever (seen).
12. No sooner had she (come) to the station than a fast train from Glasgow (arrived).
13. 6. I _was (driving) home when I (heard) the news on the radio.
14. I _had_ (finished) my work by afternoon and _was___ (sitting) quietly in my study thinking of the days that _had__ (passed) by.
15. The storm had already (died) away, but very far off the thunder was still (muttering).
1)The mass media
To broadcast programmers and news
Radio station
A wide range of channels
An intellectual game
A high grade entertainment
A popular tabloid
2) to transmit to broadcast
To look for to search
To leave on to be on
A soap opera a long serial
To cater for to be for
3) Jane said that she liked intellectual games and documentaries
Ben thought that if there was nothing good on i would go online
Susan added that they would prepare a report about the most popular writers of the last time
Robert said that he was going to the cinema that Friday
4) cbca
Ex.24. Open the brackets and use the proper tense (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous).
1. When he (arrived), I _had beeen__ (living) in London for a week.
2. We _were__ (reading) while he _was___ (eating).
3. When Jack (phoned) me, I __was__ (writing) a letter.
4. When my friend (came), I had been (doing) an exercise for an hour.
5. The library (had closed) by the time I (got) there .
6. I _was_ (driving) home when I ___ (heard) the news on the radio.
7. They were always having loud parties which went on till the early hours.
8. We _had been_ (walking) for some hours before we (realized) that we (had lost) our way.
9. No sooner had I (complained) that I (had not heard) from them for a long time than the letter _ (came).
10. The concert was a great success. When the pianist (finished) his part, the audience _ (applauded) the orchestra for some minutes.
11. It was the poorest room he had ever (seen).
12. No sooner had she (come) to the station than a fast train from Glasgow (arrived).
13. 6. I _was (driving) home when I (heard) the news on the radio.
14. I _had_ (finished) my work by afternoon and _was___ (sitting) quietly in my study thinking of the days that _had__ (passed) by.
15. The storm had already (died) away, but very far off the thunder was still (muttering).
1)The mass media
To broadcast programmers and news
Radio station
A wide range of channels
An intellectual game
A high grade entertainment
A popular tabloid
2) to transmit to broadcast
To look for to search
To leave on to be on
A soap opera a long serial
To cater for to be for
3) Jane said that she liked intellectual games and documentaries
Ben thought that if there was nothing good on i would go online
Susan added that they would prepare a report about the most popular writers of the last time
Robert said that he was going to the cinema that Friday
4) cbca