Exercise 54. Put the verb in brackets into the Past Simple and the Past
Perfect.
1. During that long drive he (experience) again feelings that he (not have) since the war. 2. His
eyes (light) on the paper bag containing those things he (buy). 3. He (stop) suddenly and (hear) his
heart in the silence. How far he (walk)? What hour it (be)? 4. Some sound in the night (awaken)
me. I (roll) over in the blanket his aunt (loan) me and (go) out. 5. These (be) the highest words of
praise they ever (hear) from the old man. 6. Evening (fall) when he (wake). 7. At half past nine,
when the last patient (leave) the surgery, he (come) out and (go) straight home. 8. He hardly
(reach) the trees when the kitchen door (open) and steps (sound) on the wooden porch. 9. Melanie
(turn) to her and on her face (be) the expression Scarlet never (see) in those serene eyes. 10. This
(be) the talking between brothers who just (meet) up with each other. 11. It (be) he who (ask) me
to stay on when I (want) to leave. 12. For the first time since I (come) into the room, he (speak).
13. “What (make) you think he (be) upset last night? “He (do) a thing he never (do) before.” 14.
He (talk) about the town, where he (live) for some years. 15. At half past four I (put) on the light.
16. He (say) she (read) all about it in the paper a year or two before. 17. His father (arrive) last
year. 18. Tom (have) a feeling that he (see) the man before. 19. He (come) up last summer. 20. I
(work) in a florist’s in the north of the town and (be) there for two years. 21. She (keep) calling her
son until he (return) to the front of the house. 22. He hardly (go) when the telephone bell (ring).
23. Fleur (look) at her watch and (rise). 24. When her father (go) she (put) the book on the desk.
25. He (sink) into a chair, remembering what her father (say) to him a few days before his
departure. 26. Eighteen years (go) since he first (go) into the St John’s Wood house. 27. It (seem)
she (drive) a long time when the car (stop). 28. This down-break of his son, whom he (not see) cry
since he (be) born, (move) Jolyon terribly. 29. She barely (go) when I (come). 30. Constance
(catch) hold of the chair in which her mother (sit) before. 31. It (be) still early in the day to cook
the meal, because the sun (not reach) yet the noon. 32. With that he (turn) his back and (look) at
the house before which he (descend). 33. And there (begin) for Soames the most confused evening
he ever (spend).
Exercise 55. Put the verb in brackets into the Past Simple, the Past
Progressive, the Past Perfect and the Past Perfect Progressive.
2.She (take) the package from me and (sit) down on the floor to open it. Her eyes (smile) now.
She (lift) out the doll and (look) at me. “It is very pretty,” she (say). 2. There (be) only one sound
to be heard in the street, but no sooner Mr. Oakroyd (hear) it than he (quicken) his pace at once. 3.
She (turn) the light back on, (lie) on the sofa and (take) up the book she (read). For a moment after
the door (close) softly behind their son, Mr. Smith and Mrs. Smith merely (stand) and (look) at
each other. 5. He (let) the edge of the blind fall and, stepping down from the bench on which he
(stand) (walk) out of the room. 6. We (sit) around silently for a moment, each trying to think of
some possibility we (overlook). 7. His secretary (take) the paper from the table where he (put) it,
and (go) out. 8. It (be) near midnight when they (come) in from dinner, still laughing at something
he (say) in the dining-room. 9. There (be) a silence. Andrew (sit) still for a moment. The situation
(be) worse, even than he (imagine). 10. Lester (sit) down in his easy-chair by the window after
his brother (go) and (gaze) ruminatively out over the flourishing city. 11. She (get) to her feet,
(slip) into her coat, and (go) to the door. When she (open) it, she (look) back at her mother. 12.
Irene (stand) by the piano; she (take) off her hat and a lace scarf she (wear), so that her gold-
coloured hair (be) visible. 13. We (shake) hands. I (feel) so shy that I could think of nothing to say,
but Mrs. Strickland (come) to my rescue. She (ask) me what I (do) with myself during the summer,
and with this help I (manage) to make some conversation. 14. It (be) two o’clock. Eliza (be)
suddenly thoroughly awake. She (sit) up in her bed and (circle) her knees with her arms. It (rain),
the way it (rain) for days. 15. When Fleur and her father (go) up, Michael (light) a cigarette, and
(pass) back into the “parlor”. He (sit) down at the clavichord. 16. Jon (be) happier than he (be)
since he (land) in the New world three and a half years ago. 17. Between Anne and himself there
(be) little talk;