Question

. Supply the correct tense-forms.
1. He said he (to listen) to the same stories for a long time.
2. By the end of the year he (to read) about two hundred pages.
3. At last the librarian (to give) me the book which I (to wait) for during two months. I was very glad. I (to go) home and (to begin) reading it at once.
4. Now she (to read) the book which I (to give) her yesterday.
5. You (to read) «The Murder of Roger Ackroyd» by Agatha Christie? – No, I (not yet to read) it. But I (to hear) that it (to be) a very interesting book. I (to read) it as soon as I (to get) it.
6. Victor asked me (to explain) the new rule to him, as he (to miss) the previous lesson.
7. Jane usually works in the library. She (to work) there now. She already (to gather) the necessary material and now she (to write) her report.
8. It (to be) nearly eleven o'clock when we (to begin) doing this work.
9. Hardly he (ask) his question when she (answer) them.
10. She said she (to teach) at this school for 20 years.

Answer 1

1.....Listened ...
2. ...had read...
3. .......Gave me the book which I had been waiting for two months. .....I went home and began....
4. Now she is reading the book which I gave her yesterday.
5.Have you read.........?-No, I haven't read it yet.
6. to explain ....., as he missed...
7. .....She is working there now. She has already gathered...... and now she is writing her report.
8. ..Was.... began.
9. ....had asked......answered
10.... had been teaching