Question

10 Choose the best tense in the following sentences.

1 Just as I got there, the train was leaving/left the station.

2 I always had been wondering/wondered who lived in that old house. 31 had intended/intended to go away for the weekend but I realised I had too much work to do. 4 I looked out of the window and saw/was seeing something strange. 5 She was writing/wrote a letter when her friends came. 6 It's not that I didn't like / was not liking the job, it's just that I felt too tired. 7 I applied for the job and

I was waiting/had to wait for a couple of weeks. 8 The robbers had taken/took my friend's mobile phone, so he borrowed mine. 9 I didn't have any pizza because my brother ate / had eaten it. 10 Everybody had left/left by the time I arrived to the party.​

Answer 1

Ответ:

1. Just as I got there, the train was leaving the station. (Past continuous and past simple show two actions happening at the same time)

2. I had always wondered who lived in that old house. (Past perfect shows a completed past action)

3. I had intended to go away for the weekend but I realized I had too much work to do. (Past perfect shows a completed past action)

4. I looked out of the window and saw something strange. (Past simple shows a completed past action)

5. She was writing a letter when her friends came. (Past continuous shows an ongoing past action interrupted by a past simple action)

6. It's not that I didn't like the job, it's just that I felt too tired. (Past simple shows a completed past action)

7. I applied for the job and had to wait for a couple of weeks. (Past simple shows a completed past action)

8. The robbers had taken my friend's mobile phone, so he borrowed mine. (Past perfect shows a previous past action)

9. I didn't have any pizza because my brother had eaten it. (Past perfect shows a previous past action)

10. Everybody had left by the time I arrived at the party. (Past perfect shows a completed past action)