Question

1) Use the Past Indefinite instead of the infinitives in brackets.
1.Mrs. Sunbury (to cut) the cake and (to put) a large piece on Betty`s plate. 2. He (to look) at her for a moment with surprise. 3. Eric (to switch on) the wireless and (to sit down) beside it. 4. She (not to smile) when she (to see) him. 5. On the way home she usually (to buy) a slice of honey cake at the baker`s. It (to be) her Sunday treat. 6. When he (to arrive) he (to find) the patient to be a small boy of nine years of age. 7. When Eddy (to leave) in the morning (to take) her photograph with him. 8. A little before nine o`clock I (to descend) to the ground floor. 9. A quarter of an hour later he (to hear) voices. 10. On the fifteenth of October Andrew (to set out) alone for London.​

Answer 1

1 cut, put 2 looked 3 switched on, sat down 4 didn't smile, saw 5 bought, was 6 arrived, found 7 left, took 8 descended 9 heard 10 set out