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17. Complete each sentence with a suitable verb. Use the past perfect or the past perfect continuous.

1. Maggie worked in the garden all afternoon. Then she took a hot bath. Maggie took a hot bath because she. .................. (work) in the garden all afternoon.

2. Graham went for a walk. In the woods he saw some rare birds which he.......... (not / see) before. Graham wrote to the local newspaper about them.

3. Rebecca came top in the final examination. Her father bought her a car as a reward. Rebecca's father bought her a car because she. ........... (come) top in the final exam.

4. Henry came home from work early. He cooked lunch. His family was very impressed. Henry's family were very impressed to discover that he. ......... (cook) lunch when he came home from work early.

5. Greta worked hard all morning. Her boss gave her an extra half hour for lunch. She boasted about it. Greta boasted that her boss. .......(give) her an extra half hour for lunch because she............... (work) very hard all morning.

6. Patric went to the disco. He came home very late. His mother was worried and she told him off when he got in. Patric's mother told him off when he came home late because she..................(worry) about him all evening.

7. Bruce tried to mend a broken window. He cut his hand. He went to hospital. Bruce went to hospital because he. ......... (cut) his hand while he was trying to mend a broken window.

8. I lost my watch. We were looking for it and I was very pleased when my son found it. I was very pleased when my son found my watch because he..........…(look for) it for hours.

9. Isobel attended a language course. She made some new friends. She sent postcards to them. Isobel sent postcards to the new friends she........... (make) while she was attending a language course.

18. Choose the correct form of the verbs

It is sometimes said that there is nothing new in the world of fashion. Annabelle was a well-known model during the seventies. When her children were in the early teens they WERE ENJOYING / USED TO ENJOY looking at her old photo albums. They WERE FINDING / FOUND it hard to believe that she WAS WEARING / USED TO WEAR such strange clothes.

Did people really USE TO THINK / WERE PEOPLE REALLY THINKING flared trousers looked well? And those ugly platform shoes! She WAS ADMITTING / ADMITTED that people WERE OFTEN FALLING / OFTEN USED TO FALL over because the heels were so high. In the early nineties, however, Annabel le noticed to her amusement that seventies styles WERE / USED TO BE in fashion again. "I PLANNED / WAS PLANNING to throw all my old clothes away" she said, "but my daughter went to a party last week, and guess what she USED TO WEAR / WAS WEARING - that's right, some of my old clothes"!

19. I did, I was doing, I used to Choose the correct form of the verbs.

1. Mary met her husband while she worked / was working / used to work in the States.

2. Why does Warren keep shouting at people? He wasn't / wasn't being / didn't use to be so bad tempered.

3. How long is it since you had / were having / used to have a holiday?

4. The government provided / were providing / used to provide much more help for disabled people than they do now.

5. It's all very well I complaining you haven't any money, but while you were traveling around the world, I studied / was studying / used to study sixteen hours a day for my exams.

6. The only time I ever rode / was riding / used to ride a horse, I fell / was falling / used to fall off in the first 5 minutes.