Question

70.4 выберите правильную форму глагола A CLEVER BARMAN
The other day I (finish) work earlier than usual. The weather (be) fine, so I (decide) (take) a walk. While I (pass) one of the
numerous pubs, I (realize) that I not (have) anything to drink since morning and that I certainly (like) a pint of beer. “There (be) nothing better than cold beer on a hot day like this!” I (think) and (enter) the Golden Bar. I (see) men and women (sit) at their tables over a glass of beer. The beer (bring) soon, but as I not (be) in the bar before, I (take) a look around. Almost every seat (occupy). I watched people (talk) and (laugh). Finally I (finish) my beer and (be) about (leave) the bar when it (begin) (rain). I (wait) for ten minutes but the rain not (stop). The strange part of it was that there (be) no clouds in the sky and yet it (rain) hard. I (can) not possibly (go out) as I not (take) an umbrella with me. I (expect) the rain (stop) soon, so I (change) my mind and (order) a substantial lunch. I (notice) many people (do) the same, so the waiter (have) a lot of work to do. “It (rain) for an hour already, but the rain (show) no sign of stopping. It’s time I (leave),” I (think) and (go out). I (walk) a few steps in a hurry and then (stop) in surprise. There (be) no rain. All the time I (sit) in the bar, there (be) no rain at all!
But just a few yards away from the front door of the bar an elderly woman (sit) comfortably on a chair. She (hold) a hose1 linked to a tap. She (water) the pavement in front of the bar.
A clever man, that barman was! He (want) people (stay) in his bar as long as possible. And his trick (work) with me as well.

Answer 1

The other day I (finished) work earlier than usual. The weather (was) fine, so I (decided) (to take) a walk. While I (was passing) one of the
numerous pubs, I (realized) that I had not (have) anything to drink since morning and that I certainly (liked) a pint of beer. “There (is) nothing better than cold beer on a hot day like this!” I (thiought) and (entered) the Golden Bar. I (saw) men and women (sitting) at their tables over a glass of beer. The beer (was brought) soon, but as I had not (been) in the bar before, I (took) a look around. Almost every seat (was occupied). I watched people (talking) and (laughing). Finally I (finished) my beer and (was) about (to leave) the bar when it (began) (to rain). I (waited) for ten minutes but the rain did not (stop). The strange part of it was that there (were) no clouds in the sky and yet it (was raining) hard. I (could) not possibly (go out) as I had not (taken) an umbrella with me. I (expected) the rain (to stop) soon, so I (changed) my mind and (ordered) a substantial lunch. I (noticed) many people (doing) the same, so the waiter (had) a lot of work to do. “It (has been raining) for an hour already, but the rain (shows) no sign of stopping. It’s time I (left),” I (thought) and (went out). I (walked) a few steps in a hurry and then (stopped) in surprise. There (was) no rain. All the time I (was sitting) in the bar, there (was) no rain at all!
But just a few yards away from the front door of the bar an elderly woman (was sitting) comfortably on a chair. She (was holding) a hose linked to a tap. She (was watering) the pavement in front of the bar.
A clever man, that barman was! He (wanted) people (to stay) in his bar as long as possible. And his trick (had worked) with me as well.