Question

Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в требующемся времени .
1. Peter (to read) by the fireplace when the door (to open) and the maid (to ). The cook (to follow) her. 2. When the mother (to satisfy) herself that the children (to sleep) peacefully in their beds, she (to take) out the Christmas presents and carefully (to put) them into the stockings which (to hang) at the beds. 3. If you (to ring) me up tomorrow, I (to tell) you all about it. 4. The lesson (not yet to begin), and the children (to talk) loudly in the corridor. 5. I (to live) in St. Petersburg since 1991. 6. By the fifteenth of January the students (to pass) all the examinations. 7. The students (to write) the paper by dinner-time. 8. They (to sail) down the river for many hours before they (to come) to the village. 9. I (not to be) to my home town for five years. 10. The rain (to stop) by the time we (to reach) home. 11. The message (to arrive) five minutes after he (to leave) the house. 12. It (to be) nearly eleven o'clock when we (to begin) doing this work. 13. At last the reply from my grandmother (to come), and my mother (to tell) me that she (to come) soon. 14. Here you (to be) at last! I (to wait) for you for twenty minutes. You (not to be) ashamed?
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Answer 1

1. Peter (was reading) by the fireplace when the door ( opened) and the maid (entered). The cook (followed) her. 2. When the mother (satisfied) herself that the children (were sleeping) peacefully in their beds, she (took) out the Christmas presents and carefully ( put) them into the stockings which (were hanging) at the beds. 3. If you ( ring) me up tomorrow, I (will tell) you all about it. 4. The lesson (has not yet begun), and the children (are talking) loudly in the corridor. 5. I (have lived) in St. Petersburg since 1991. 6. By the fifteenth of January the students (had passed) all the examinations. 7. The students (had written) the paper by dinner-time. 8. They (had been sailing) down the river for many hours before they ( came) to the village. 9. I (have not been) to my home town for five years. 10. The rain (had stopped) by the time we ( reached) home. 11. The message (arrived) five minutes after he (had left) the house. 12. It (was) nearly eleven o'clock when we ( began) doing this work. 13. At last the reply from my grandmother (had come), and my mother (told) me that she (would come) soon. 14. Here you (are) at last! I (have been waiting) for you for twenty minutes. Aren't you ashamed?