| 1. What would he have done if he [be] there? |
| 2. I am very sorry but I [not finish] reading the book yet. |
| 3. She [be] ill since last Monday. She wont be able to go to the sea-side next week-end. |
| 4. I decided to learn Greek while we [live] in Delphes. |
| 5. They were going to town when I [see] them this morning. |
| 6. He has got measles, [visit] him yesterday afternoon? |
| 7. - [You read really] this Shakespeare play four times? - Yes, I think it is extraordinary. |
| 8. If I [bump] into a ghost, I think I would run away fast or scream. |
| 9. I [lose] my glasses and had to spend the whole week straining my eyes so I was glad when she found them in the garden shed. |
| 10. He was caught after he [wander] in the eastern Highlands all night. |
| 11. Last week she noticed her books were overdue. So even though she was very late she [pop] into the library to take them back before going to work. |
| 12. After the old mans mysterious death the inspector [look] for some clues. |
| 13. When he came down for dinner yesterday evening he told me he [just write] a letter to his wife. |
| 14. At about tea-time she [hear] the phone ringing again. |
| 15. When they found him dead they discovered he [hit]. |
| 16. We know he [buy] a new house in a small lane quite recently, but we dont know whether he has sold his old house. |
| 17. They went to the sollicitors. He read the will. How much [leave] them? |
| 18. I have never seen him again since I [leave] Australia in 1964. |
| 19. Look at that shop window! Looters pouring out of the neighbouring shanty town [smash] it. |
| 20. She is very worried . Her daughter had told her she was going to be back at 6. It is now 6.45 and she [not turn up] yet. What could have happened? |
| 21. Our neighbours are noisy.... Last night they [throw] pots and pans again. |
| 22. They [make] a complaint because their coffee-machine didnt work. |
| 23. She has been reported missing after going for a stroll in the marshes, perhaps she [suck down] in a swamp. |
| 24. Who is this lady? She [move] into No 4 last month. |
| 25. This hotel is empty, it [not live] in for a long time. |
| 26. What a pity! Weve got a bottle of wine but we [not bring] a corkscrew. |
| 27. They were very busy because a water pipe [leak]. |
| 28. He [can not] get the lid off so he lost his temper. |
| 29. Yesterday afternoon he [have] a nap in the garden chair when a boy dropped a ball on his head. |
| 30. It was her birthday so he [buy] her a bunch of flowers. |
| 31. He was looking at a map so he [not notice] that the car in front of him had stopped at the traffic lights. |
| 32. He was running fast and he [bump] into an absent-minded old man. |
| 33. We didnt do the shopping because we [not have] time. |
| 34. He [have] an argument with his boss, so he decided to resign. |
| 35. Youd better tell the truth now, you [lie] so often. |
| 36. She wanted to help sick children so she [train] as a nurse. |
| 37. He was fed up and thats why he [give] up working for them. |
| 38. They had been charged with bugging his flat but they [deny] all the allegations last week. |
| 39. At last we [let] him drop his evening classes. |
| 40. I [not hear] the telephone because we were having an early evening drink on the terrace. |
