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9. Put the verbs into the right order.

A) Past Simple B) Past Continuous

C) Past Perfect D) Past Perfect Continuous

1. The workers ____ (to be) on a strike for three weeks when the agreement on pay ____ (to be reached).

2. When she got the results of her medical tests, she realized that she ___ (to be feeling ) ill since she ____ (to be) on holiday.

3. The door was unlocked. She ____ (to wonder) who ____ (leave) the door open.

4. He ____ (to play) football when the ball ____ (to hit) his head.

5. He ____ (to drive) to work for half an hour when suddenly his car ____ (to break) down.

6. When he arrived at the office he____ (to discover) that he ____ (to leave) all the necessary papers at home.

7. Susan ____ (to type) some letters when the boss ____ (to ask) her into his office.

8. She looked tired. She____ (to type) letters all morning.

9. Yesterday afternoon it ____ (still to rain) when I____ (to get) home.

10. He ____ (to clean) the car when the phone rang, so he ____ (not to answer) it.

11. When I ____ (to be) little, my mother ____ (to use) to feed me.

12. Jane's clothes were wet. She ____ (to wash) her dog.

13. Jerry ____ (to be) nervous, for he _____ (never to flow) in an aero plane before.

14. I ____ (never to like) going to the cinema on my own I when I was a teenager.

15. Kate ____ (to dance), but when she saw a newcomer she ____ (to stop).