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25.11.2021 14:55 •  Английский язык

Exercise 13. Underline the correct form.
1. When the police stopped/were stopping Smith's car for a routine check, they realized that he was
the man who robbed/had robbed the bank.
2. I woke up in the middle of the night and turned on/was turning on the light. Someone or
something climbed/was climbing in my window!
3. Unfortunately Jan arrived/was arriving at the station at 3.25, and found that she missed/had
missed the train.
4. The doctors tried/had been trying their best, but while they were performing the operation, the
patient died/was dying.
5. We'd been watching the film for half an hour before we realized that we were making/had made a
terrible mistake. We went/had gone into the wrong cinema!
6. On the morning of the accident, Mr Davis just finished/had just finished a night shift at a local
factory, and didn't have/hadn't had any sleep for 24 hours.
7. I'm sorry I didn't answer/wasn’t answering the phone earlier, but I was painting/had been
painting the ceiling in my bedroom.
8. The office Marlowe was visiting was on the 15th floor, and unfortunately, the lift wasn’t
working/hadn't been working, so by the time he arrived at the top of the stairs, he was/had been
out of breath.
9. On Christmas morning when they woke up/were waking up, the children looked eagerly out of
the window. It snowed/had been snowing, and the garden was covered in a thick white carpet.
10. After the two film stars landed/were landing at the small airport, they left quickly in a van that
was waiting/had been waiting for them since the early morning.