Put the verb in brackets into the Past Simple, the Past Continuous, the Past Perfect or the Past Perfect Continuous. 1. Mary (speak) ... to Mr. Boxwell when I (see) ... her in the corridor this morning. 2. John (park) ... the car in 5th Avenue when a young man in black glasses (appear) ... from nowhere and (stand) ... before him. 3. He again (come) ... to the village where he (live) ... in his childhood. 4. While we (talk) ..., there (come) ... a loud knock at the door. 5. He (look) ... into the drawing-room. The old man (sleep) ... peacefully in the armchair at the fire-place. 6. While she (read) ... this notice, a middle-aged woman (appear) ... in the doorway. 7. When he (come) ... back to the conference room, he (see) ... that the situation (change) ... 8. She (sit) ... at the table only for five minutes when a car (come) ... 9. Their father (be) ... still silent, even when they (have) ... coffee. 10. He scarcely (get) ... outside the door when he (hear) ... Wardle's voice talking loudly. 11. I knew right away that that was the place I (look for) ... all my life.

Let's fill in the blanks with the correct Past Tense forms. 1. Mary was speaking to Mr. Boxwell when I saw her in the corridor this morning. (Past Continuous and Past Simple: Mary was in the process of speaking when I saw her.) 2. John parked the car in 5th Avenue when a young man in black glasses appeared from nowhere and stood before him. (Past Simple: a sequence of completed actions.) 3. He again came to the village where he had lived in his childhood. (Past Simple and Past Perfect: He came to a village where he had lived before.) 4. While we were talking, there came a loud knock at the door. (Past Continuous and Past Simple: We were in the middle of a conversation when a knock interrupted.) 5. He looked into the drawing-room. The old man was sleeping peacefully in the armchair at the fire-place. (Past Simple and Past Continuous: The looking happened before he found the old man sleeping.) 6. While she was reading this notice, a middle-aged woman appeared in the doorway. (Past Continuous and Past Simple: She was reading when someone appeared.) 7. When he came back to the conference room, he saw that the situation had changed. (Past Simple and Past Perfect: He saw the changed situation after he came back.) 8. She sat at the table only for five minutes when a car came. (Past Simple: A completed action.) 9. Their father was still silent, even when they had had coffee. (Past Simple and Past Perfect: The father was silent even after they had finished drinking coffee.) 10. He scarcely had got outside the door when he heard Wardle's voice talking loudly. (Past Perfect and Past Simple: The getting outside barely preceded hearing the voice.) 11. I knew right away that that was the place I had been looking for all my life. (Past Perfect Continuous: The action of looking continued for a long time until the moment he knew it.) Ответ: 1. was speaking, saw 2. parked, appeared, stood 3. came, had lived 4. were talking, came 5. looked, was sleeping 6. was reading, appeared 7. came, saw, had changed 8. sat, came 9. was, had had 10. had got, heard 11. had been looking for