Question

Diagnostic test 2
Past tenses
Underline the correct verb form in italics.
Example
The Incas didn't have/weren't having a written script.
1 The pool in the hotel was absolutely filthy so we didn't swam/swim in it.
2 We stoped/stopped at the first service station we came across.
3 The thieves ran out of the bank, jumped/were jumping into their car and sped away up the high street.
4 Rameses Il was ruling/ruled over ancient
Egypt for more than fifty years.
5 Intervention was urgently required - the starving children grew/were growing weaker by the day and there was/was being little sign of an end to the drought.
6 By the middle of the nineteen sixties many parts of Europe experienced/were experiencing a tremendous economic boom.
7 Jim left/was leaving on the early flight the next morning so he made his excuses and left the party before midnight.
8 Many of the survivors worked/were working in the fields when the earthquake struck.
9 Phil stood at the door soaked from head to toe; he had been running/was running in the rain.
10 Denise had to leave school early on
Wednesday because she took/was taking her driving test.
11 By the third month of the war rebel forces took/had taken most of the province.
12 At the time of the trial last summer Hinkley had been/was in prison for eight months.
13 We missed the first act of the play because when we arrived at the theatre the performance already started/had already started.
14 At midnight Mr Rochester had climbed/ climbed the stairs and went into his bedchamber.
15 The early rains were a disappointment as we expected/had expected to reach the coast before the monsoon set in.
16 At the time of the take-over the company's shares had declined/had been declining in value for several months.
17 Brendan was surprised to find the gas tank empty as he had only been using/had only used the truck twice that week.
18 Before the advent of satellite television viewers didn't used to haveluse to have a very wide selection of channels.
19 The staff were used/used to be paid weekly but now they receive a monthly salary.
20 Things have certainly changed - there would/belused to be loads of small shops around here when I was young.

Answer 1

Ответ:

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