一、用动词的适当形式填空

1. While we __________ (wait) for the bus, a girl __________ (run) up to us.

2. I __________ (telephone) a friend when Bob __________ (come) in.

3. Jim __________ (jump) on the bus as it __________ (move) away.

4. We __________ (test) the new machine when the electricity __________ (go) off.

5. She __________ (not want) to stay in bed while the others ________________ (all, work) in the fields.

6. While mother ________ (put) Cathy to bed, the door bell ________ (ring).

7. As I __________ (walk) in the park, it __________ (begin) to rain.

8. Even when she ___________ (be) a child she ________________ (already, think) of becoming a ballerina (芭蕾舞演员).

9. It was quite late at night. George __________ (read) and Amy __________ (ply) her needle when they __________ (hear) a knock at the door.

10. There __________ (be) a group round the fire when they __________ (reach) it. An old woman __________ (sit) on the ground near the kettle; two small children __________ (lie) near her; a donkey __________ (bend) his head over a tall girl.

11. I _____ (have) my breakfast at half past six yesterday morning.

12. Mary _____ (go) over her lessons from six to seven last night. John and peter ____(do) the same thing.

13. What _____ you ___ (do) at that time? We _____ (watch) TV.

14. Was your father at home yesterday evening? Yes ,he was. He _____ (listen) to the radio.

15. They _____(not make) a model ship when I saw him.

16. _____ they ____ (have) a meeting at 4 yesterday afternoon?

No, they _____. They _____ (clean) the classroom.

17. ______ it ______(rain) when you left school? Yes, it ____. (No, it ____)

18. What _____ your father _____ (do) when he was your age?

19. One day, Edison _____ (wait) for a train to arrive, and suddenly a little boy ran to the track(轨道) to play.

20. He asked me if I ______ (go) fishing that afternoon.

21. The three of them were in a hurry because their plane _____ (leave) in five minutes.

22. In a letter, john told us that he _____ (come) to china next month.

23. When the bell rang, jenny _____ (wait) in her seat.