Put the verbs in brackets in the correct verb tense.

     1.  It is a long time since we last (meet)             .

     2.  We (study)                      a very hard lesson the day before yesterday.

     3.  My wife and I (travel)                        to Mexico by air last summer.

     4.  She (finish)           not yet                  doing her homework.

     5.  He (begin)                      to study English when he was 5 years old.

     6.  Martin (cycle)                 for 50 miles on scenic routes three weeks ago.

     7.  Yesterday I (see)             you talking to a stranger.

     8.  Jane (write)                     many books about Chinese culture.

     9.  I rarely (read)                  newspapers.

     10.         My parents (get)                       married 20 years ago.

     11.         We              (watch) a football match on the TV when the electricity (go)              out.

     12.         When                     the Beatles (record)                           their first album?

     13.         Don't disturb me while I (work)                            .

     14.                   you already (wash)                            your car?

     15.         When I (enter)                the classroom, everybody (write)                          the test.

     16.         He (be)                 at his computer for seven hours.

     17.         He                just (come)           back.

     18.         We (postpone)                our journey to the beach because it              (rain).

     19.                   You (have)          breakfast this morning?

     Yes, I               . I (eat)                  bread and eggs.