Exercise 6. Insert The Past Continuous or Past Perfect tense.

1. The Gadfly just (to finish) washing the boy, and (to wrap) him in a warm blanket, when Gemma came in with a tray in her hands. (Voynich)

2.They (to reach) the peacock door and stood there, talking. (Galsworthy)

3. She [Nurse Hopkins] herself just (to come in) and (to untie) her bonnet strings when Mary entered. (Christie)

4....she could see their faces in a looking-glass. They evidently (to enjoy) themselves. (Mitford)

5. Mr. Pickwick found that his three companions (to rise) and (to wait) his arrival to commence breakfast. (Dickens)

6. I led her to the sitting room. Antonia (to dry) her tears and (to powder) her nose again. She greeted Rosemary. (Murdoch)

7.When Gemma returned with the milk the Gadfly (to put on) the riding-cloak and (to fasten) the leather gaiters which Martini (to bring). (Voynich)

8. When I looked up again I saw that she (to move) and (to stand) with her hand on the handle of the door. (Du Maurier)

9. Then, quite suddenly, I noticed a movement in the garden: someone (to enter) from the gate at the far end of the lawn and (to move) rapidly across towards the house. (Clark)

10. He hurried out into the big, dim vault of the station... The rain (to lash) at the rails and wind was cold after the closed-in carriage. (Lindsay)

11. Elinor (not to take) more than half a dozen steps when a hand fell on her arm from behind. (Christie)

12. When daylight came the storm still (to blow) but the snow (to stop). (Hemingway)

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