Question

Use the right forms of the verbs in past continuous, past simple or past perfect to complete the sentences.
1. Hardly I (get) to the office when the boss (come). 2. They (build) a lot of factories in this part of the town by 1990. 3. She (write) several e-mails and (sit) thinking what to do next. 4. I wanted to borrow this car but she (already lend) it to someone else. 5. Hardly Jean (leave) the airport when she (realize) her passport (miss). 6. Mike (do not remember) the names of his classmates because a lot of time (pass) since they (go) to school together. 7. We (meet) at the Pushkin museum yesterday afternoon where we both (visit) the exhibition. 8. Hardly it (stop) raining when a rainbow (appear) in the sky. 9. He (be) tired because he (work) all the previous night long. 10. Thomas (say) he hardly (learn) the poem.

Answer 1

1. had got; came;
2. had built;
3. had written; was sitting;
4. had lent;
5. had left; realized;  had missed;
6. didn't remember; passed; had gone;
7. met; were visiting;
8. had stopped; appeared;
9. was tired; had worked;
10. said; had... learned