Question

Fill in the blanks with tense:-

1. While we __________________(talk), I_______________ (hear) her professor yell, "Miss Angelica, are you making a phone call?" Suddenly, the line went dead. I_______________ (hang) up the phone and went to the kitchen to make dinner. As I______________________ (cut) vegetables for a salad, the phone started _________________(ring) once again. It_______________ (be) Angelica but not from her class.
2. My brother _________________(eat) all of the cake that our mum____________________ (bake).
3. The children __________________(collect) the chestnuts that___________________ (fall) from the tree.
4. We _________________________ (sleep) for 12 hours when he woke us up.
5. How long _________________________ (learn / she) English before she _____________ (go) to London?
6. Frank Sinatra __________________ (catch) the flu because he_________________ (sing) in the rain too long.
7. Jane _____________________________ (already / type) ten pages when her computer_____ (crash)
8. Before I ____________( born), my grandfather _________________(go) to war.
9. We ____________(go) to London because the Queen ___________________________ (invite) us for tea.
10. I ________________________(practise) the guitar when he came home.
11. I _____________(try) to tell them the truth but they_________________________ (listen / not).
12. When I__________________(look) at her, I understood she ____________________________(cry).
13. They _________________________ (play) noisily for a few hours before their parents arrived.
14. They _____________ (be) amazed because they __________________ (hear, never) of such uncanny things before.
15. Suddenly, my car ________________ (break) down. I ________________________(no, surprise). It _____________________________(no, run) well for a long time.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. talking, heard , hung up , cut, ringing , may be .

2. ate , baked

3. had collected, had fallen.

4. slept.

5. did she learn , went.

6. catched , sang

7. had already typed , crashed.