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,                 
36 That house (be) empty for a year. But they just (take) down the 'For Sale' sign, so I suppose someone (buy)
it.