1.Eve … (live) in Athens when she … (meet) the man who was to become her husband.

2.… you … (not work) at Milroy’s when they … (have) that terrible fire?

3.As it … (get) foggier it … (become) almost impossible to steer the boat along the narrow canal.

4.I … (hear) a strange noise just as I … (go) to sleep.

5.When the fire alarm … (go) off, we … (leave) the building as quickly as

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6.At the place where we … (live) before, our neighbours … (always/ have) violent arguments late at night.

7.I … (hope) you’d come round for tea one afternoon next week.

8.Fiona … (live) in New York when her first novel was published.

9.On looking out of the window, Dick … (see) it was another dreary day. The wind … (blow) hard and big black clouds … (gather) on the horizon.

10.While the others … (lie) on the beach, poor old Gary … (work) in the office as usual.

11.When the phone … (ring), she … (pick) it up and … (put) it down again!

12.I … (never/ understand) why you … (always/ get) to school late on Monday mornings.

13.Beverly … (work) in a fast-foodrestaurant for a few months before she … (go) to college.

14.When I … (be) a lad, we … (always/ go) to Heysham for our summer holidays. I … (really/ love) the place even though it … (often/ rain).

1) was living / met2) weren't you working / had3) is getting / is becoming4) heard / went5) went / left6) lived / were always having7) hope8) have been living9) saw / blowed / gathered10) were laying / was working11) rang / picked / put12) have never understood / are always getting 13) had worked / went14) was / always went / really loved / often rained