Complete the sentences 1. A: What (you, do) ________________ when the accident occurred?
B: I (try) ________________ to change a light bulb that had burnt out. 2. After I (find) _______________ the wallet full of money, I (go, immediately) _______________ to the police and (turn) ________________ it in. 3. The doctor (say) _______________ that Tom (be) _______________ too sick to go to work and that he (need) ________________ to stay at home for a couple of days. 4. Sebastian (arrive) _______________ at Susan's house a little before 9:00 PM, but she (be, not) _______________ there. She (study, at the library) ________________ for her final examination in French. 5. Sandy is in the living room watching television. At this time yesterday, she (watch, also) ________________ television. That's all she ever does! 6. A: I (call) _______________ you last night after dinner, but you (be, not) _______________ there. Where were you? B: I (work) ________________ out at the fitness center. 7. When I (walk) _______________ into the busy office, the secretary (talk) _______________ on the phone with a customer, several clerks (work, busily) _______________ at their desks, and two managers (discuss, quietly) _______________ methods to improve customer service. 8. I (watch) ________________ a mystery movie on TV when the electricity went out. Now I am never going to find out how the movie ends. 9. Sharon (be) _______________ in the room when John told me what happened, but she didn't hear anything because she (listen, not) _______________. 10. It's strange that you (call) _______________ because I (think, just) _______________ about you. 11. The Titanic (cross) _______________ the Atlantic when it (strike) _______________ an iceberg. 12. When I entered the bazaar, a couple of merchants (bargain, busily) _______________ and (try) _______________ to sell their goods to naive tourists who (hunt) _______________ for souvenirs. Some young boys (lead) _______________ their donkeys through the narrow streets on their way home. A couple of men (argue) _______________ over the price of a leather belt. I (walk) _______________ over to a man who (sell) _______________ fruit and (buy) _______________ a banana. 13. The firemen (rescue) _______________ the old woman who (be) _______________ trapped on the third floor of the burning building. 14. She was so annoying! She (leave, always) _______________ her dirty dishes in the sink. I think she (expect, actually) _______________ me to do them for her. 15. Samantha (live) _______________ in Berlin for more than two years. In fact, she (live) _______________ there when the Berlin Wall came down.
