Choose the right form of the verb in brackets:
1) I ___________ (buy) this car in January.
2) I had ________________ (finish) high school when the Great Depression ______________ (strike) the country.
3) We ____________ (take) a walk in the park when a heavy thunderstorm suddenly ____________ (break) out.
4) When I finally ______________ (wake) up, the clock radio ______________ (blare) for a good couple of hours.
5) Butch __________ (sniff) the plate and ____________ (woof). He _____________ (tremble)with anticipation.
6) I __________ (buy) a diamond ring for my future wife yesterday.
7) I ___________________ (wait) for half an hour when she finally ________________ (arrive).
8) The car _____________ (service) before it was _____________ (sell).
9) Condensed milk ________________ (produce) in America since the mid 1850s.
10) She __________________ (already, leave) when I ______________ (come).
11) I __________________ (talk) on the phone when she _______________ (run) into the room.
12) I _______________ (be) at work yesterday.
13) Her hair _____________ (be) wet, she ____________________ (swim).
14) I _____________ (eat) frogs when I _______________ (be) in France.
15) He ___________________ (repair) the car during the whole week before he _____________ (decide) to ask me to help him.
16) I ________________ (do) homework at 5 o'clock yesterday.
17) While I _____________ (write) a letter, my father was looking through the newspaper.
18) The Jurassic period ______________ (last) about 62 million years.
19) I _______________ (not, know) who he ________________ (be). I ________________ (see) him before.
20) He ______________ (write) the letter, ________________ (put) it in the envelope, ______________ (leave) it on the table and ______________ (go) out.
21) The house _____________ (be) dirty. They _______________ (clean it for weeks.
22) He _______________ (know) that she ________________ (work) in this company for five years.
Bought
Finished, struck
Were taking, broke
Woke, had been blaring
Sniffed, woofed, was trembling
Bought
Had been waiting, arrived
Had been serviced, sold
Had been being produced
Had left, came
Was talking, ran
Was
Was, had been swimming
Ate, was
Had been repairing, decided
Was doing
Was writing, was looking
Lasted
Didn’t know, was, had never seen
Wrote, put, left, went
Was, hadn’t cleaned
Knew, had worked