Exercise 12. Use the Past Progressive or the Past Simple Tense instead of the infinitives in brackets.

1. He (to reach) into his pocket, his hands (to shake). (J.Cheever)

2. Mr.Hubber (to come) at seven to take their photographs for the Christmas card. (J.Cheever)

3. She (to wave) to some children who (to walk) through the high grass in a field, and she (to wave) to a lady who (to push) a baby carriage, and she (to wave) to a little boy who (to wear) a yellow coat and (to carry) a valise. (J.Cheever)

4. That sinister look of her (to drive) him mad. (J.Cheever)

5. Four unwelcome surprises (to wait for) Graham as he (to enter) the house. (S. Brett)

6. Also Graham (to find) that they [the children]... (to get) expensive. (S. Brett)

7. Just as the swallow (to put) his head under his wing a large drop of water (to fall) on him. (0. Wilde)

8. It (to be) before the day fixed for his coronation and the young King (to sit) alone in his chamber. (0. Wilde)

9. Betty: You (not to know) me. You (to worship) some body who (to look) like me.(J. B: Priestly)

1. I (to spend) the weekend at my own cottage, when the event (to take) place. (J.B. Priestly)
2. Olwen: And he (to have) a revolver in his hand and (to shout) something about danger and terror and love. He (to threaten) me with it or himself. He just (to wave) it about being dramatic. I even (not to believe) it was loaded. (J. B. Priestly)
3. When I (to pay) my court to Lady Jane, I suddenly (to perceive) her attention diverted from my conversation. (Ch.Lamb)
4. Leslie (to hang) an enormous red flag up outside whenever he (to practise). (G. Durrell)
5. While we (to cope with) them, another guest (to arrive). (G. Durrel)
6. He (to sit) alone, a cigarette butt (to hang) from the corner of his mouth. (B.Malamud)
7. Gollum (to live) on an island in the middle of the lake. He (to watch) Bilbo now and (to wonder) a lot about him. Then he (to get) into his boat, while Bilbo (to sit) on the brink. (J. R. R. Tolkien)
8. On the Sunday evening, Graham (to watch) something less than riveting on television, when he (to think of) some new potential economy and (to go up) to his "study" to work it out on the calculator. (S. Brett)
9. Graham (to push) into the Head of Department's outer office. Stella (to look up) at him over her typewriter. Her expression (to be) strange. 'Graham, I (to be) very sorry to hear about your wife.' The response (to become) automatic. He (to nod) grimly. (S. Brett)
10. The mouse (to swim) away from Alice as hard as it could go, and (to make) quite a commotion in the pool as it (to go). (L Carroll)
11. She (to ramble) on in this way when she (to reach) the wood. (L.Carroll)

21. The boat (to roll) slowly as it (to move) further into the open sea. (G.Greene)

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