19 The plumber(be)here yet? ~                                   
Yes, but he only (stay) for an hour. ~
What he (do) in that time? ~
He (turn) off the water and (empty) the tank.               
20 Where you (be)?
 I (be) out in a yacht. ~ You (enjoy) it? ~
    Yes, very much. We (take) part in a race. ~
    You (win)? ~
    No, we (come) in last.
21 How long that horrible monument (be) there? ~
It (be) there six months. Lots of people (write) to the Town Council asking them to take it away but so far
nothing (be) done.
22 I just (be) to the film War and Peace. You (see) it? ~
 No, 1.... Is it like the book? ~
 I (not read) the book. ~
 I (read) it when I (be) at school. ~
 When Tolstoy (write) it? ~
 He (write) it in 1868. ~
 He (write) anything else?
23 Hannibal (bring) elephants across the Alps. ~
Why he (do) that? ~
He (want) to use them in battle.
24 Where you (be)? ~
 I (be) to the dentist. ~
He (take) out your bad tooth? ~ 
Yes, he . . . ~
It (hurt)?-
Yes, horribly. 
25 She (say) that she'd phone me this morning, but it is now 12.30 and she (not phone)  
     yet.
26 I just (receive) a letter saying that we (not pay) this quarter's electricity bill. I (not give) you the money for
that last week? ~
Yes, you . . . but I'm afraid I (spend) it on something else.
27 How long you (be) out of work? ~
I'm not out of work now. I just (start) a new job. ~
How you (find) the job? ~
I (answer) an advertisement in the paper.
28 You (finish) checking the accounts? ~
 No, not quite. I (do) about half so far.
29 I (cut) my hand rather badly. Have you a bandage? ~
 I'll get you one. How it (happen)? ~
 I was chopping some wood and the axe (slip). 
30 How you (get) that scar? ~ 
 I (get) it in a car accident a year ago.
31 You (meet) my brother at the lecture yesterday? ~
 Yes, I .. .. We (have) coffee together afterwards.
32 He (lose) his job last month and since then he (be) out of work. ~
 Why he (lose) his job? ~
 He (be) very rude to Mr Pitt.
33 What are all those people looking at? ~                       
There (be) an accident. ~                                   
You (see) what (happen)? ~
Yes, a motor cycle (run) into a lorry.
34 I (phone) you twice yesterday and (get) no answer.
35 Originally horses used in bull fights (not wear) any protection, but
for some time now they (wear) special padding,