Revision on tenses
per
motop
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1 (b, c) put the verbs in brackets into the past simple, the past continuous or the past perfect.
1 (not/be) (1)
in tahiti long before i (meet) (
nichols. he (come) (3)
captain
in one morning when i (have)
breakfast on the terrace of the hotel and introduce)
himself. he (hear)
that i (be) (7)
and (announce) (8)
interested in charles strickland,
that he (come) (9)
about him.
to have a talk
1(ask) (
the stranger if he (have) (
.. breakfast.
"yes," he (answer) (
.. when he (smile) (13)
.. he (show)
(14)
broken and discoloured teeth. he (be) (
a very
lean man, with grey hair cut short and a grey moustache. he (not/shave)
for
a couple of days.
"i knew strickland well," he (say) (
as he (lean) (18)
back in his chair and (light) (
.. the cigarl(offer) (20)
"where you (meet) (
.. him? "|(ask) (
"in marseilles! "
"what you (do) (23)
there? "
he (smile) (
and (say) (
"well, i guess i (be)
on the beach." (after s. maugham)
nt
him.