2.3.4. Open the brackets. Use the correct past form. Retell the text (in the 3rd person singular).

(A)

I remember when I (1) (to go) on holiday abroad for the first time. I (2) just (to leave) school. I (3) (to study) very hard for my final exams and I (4) (to feel) that I needed a holiday. A friend of mine (5) (to want) to come as well so we (6) (to look) at some brochures from the travel agency. We (7) (to read) for about an hour when my friend (8) (to find) the perfect holiday – two weeks in Hawaii. We (9) (to be) very excited about it. Finally the day of our holiday (10) (to arrive). We (11) just(to leave) the house when the phone (12) (to ring). I (13) (to run) back into the house, but the phone (14) (to stop) by the time I (15) (to reach) it. When we (16) (to arrive) at the airport we (17) (to sit) in the cafeteria. The airline (18) just (to make) an announcement. Our flight was delayed for eight hours. We were very disappointed because we (19) (to get up) very early and (20) (to rush) to the airport, all for nothing.

(B)

1. He (to give) me back the book, (to thank) me for lending it to him and (to say) that he (to enjoy) it very much; but I (to know) that he (not to read) it.

2. When the old lady (to return) to her flat she (to see) at once that burglars (to break) in during her absence, because the front door (to be) open and everything in the flat (to be) upside down.

3. I (to think) my train (to leave) at 14.33, and (to be) very disappointed when I (to arrive) at 14.30 and (to learn) that it just (to leave). Later I (to find) that I (to use) an out-of-date timetable.

4. He (to park) his car under a No Parking sign and (to rush) into the shop. When he (to come) out of the shop 10 minutes later the car (to be) no longer there. He (to wonder) if someone (to steal) it or if the police (to drive) it away.

5. It (to be) 6 p.m.; and Jack (to be) tired because he (to work) hard all day. He (to be) hungry as he (to have) nothing to eat since breakfast.

6. He (to keep on) looking at her, wondering where he (to see) her before.

7. When I (to get up) the following morning he was still there, and I (to wonder) if he (to stay) there all night or if he (to go) away and (to come) back.

8. A woman (to come) in with a baby, who she (to say) just (to swallow) a safety pin.

9. I (to put) a $5 banknote into one of my books, but the next day it (to take) me ages to find it because I (to forget) which book I (to put) it into.

10. When he (to search) all his pockets and (to find) no key he (to remember) where it was. He (to leave) it in his overcoat pocket.

11. I (to arrive) in England in the middle of July. I (to be) quite surprised to find no fog there. I (to ask) a passenger, an Englishman, about the fog and he (to say) that there (to be) no fog since the previous February. However, he (to tell) me that I could buy tinned fog at a shop in Shaftesbury Avenue. I suppose he (to joke).

12. They (to complete) all the preparations for the fancy-dress ball by 5 o'clock. It was 7 o'clock when the first guests (to arrive).

13. During my last visit to the picture gallery I (to find) that I no longer (to like) the pictures which (to impress) me when I first (to see) them.

14. Hardly he (to touch) the pillow when he (to fall) asleep.

15. Everybody (to be) at the airport, but the guide (not to come) yet.

16. They (to be) friends for some ten years before I (to meet) them.

17. In the morning I (to feel) good after the night I (to spend) in the comfortable sleeper.

18. No sooner she (to open) the drawer than she (to find) the photo which she (to think) she (to lose) long before.

19. When she (to finish) reading the letter she (to understand) that she (to lose) him for ever.

20. She guessed why he (not to come) the previous evening. She (to know) he (to stay) away because he (to be) afraid.