Exercise 5: Give the correct forms of the verbs given in the brackets

1. Susan ___________ (study) in her room when she heard the noise.

2. What ____________ (they, do) at eleven p.m. last night - it was so noisy?

3. I was eight years old when my elder sister __________ (teach) me how to ride a bike.

4. John ______________ (not go) to school last week because he was ill.

5. I didn't know anything about the plane crash in my neighborhood because I ________ (work) inside at that time.

6. Yesterday at 9.30 p.m my parents ______________ (sit) in the garden ______________ (drink) some Coke.

7. The chambermaid ______________ (make) my bed in the hotel and ______________ (clean) the bathroom.

8. Someone ______________ (knock) on the door while ______________ (read) the newspaper.

9. My brother ______________ (buy) a lot of books when he ______________ (live) in Cambridge.

10. William ______________ (not meet) Sally at the airport last Sunday.

11. Jerry ______________ (have) dinner when the lights ______________ (go) out.

12. The girl ______________ (feel) ill so she ______________ (not go) to work.

13. I ______________ (make) a pudding when the light ______________ (go) out.

14. We suddenly ______________ (realize) that we ______________ (travel) in the wrong direction.

15. While I ______________ (swim) someone ______________ (steal) my clothes and I ______________ (have to) walk to the hotel in my swimsuit.

16. The floor ______________ (be) covered with balls of wool. Obviously Grandmother ______________ (knit) something.

17. I ______________ (find) this coin as I ______________ (dig) in the garden. It looks very old.

18. When I first ______________ (meet) him, he ______________ (work) in a cafe.

19. When I ______________ (read) a book, I ______________ (hear) a knock, I ______________ (go) to the door and ______________ (open) it, but I ______________ (not recognize) my friend at first because I ______________ (not wear) my glasses.

20. When I ______________ (come) in they ______________ (sit) round the fire.