* Use the correct tense of verb in the brackets:
1. It (rain) ______________________________ very hard at 5:00 yesterday
2. The children (wait) ______________________________ us for a long time
3. My friends (be, not) ______________________________ here now
4. When the guests came, my mother (already, prepare) ______________________________ everything
5. We (not, buy) ______________________________ cakes since last Sunday morning
6. What you often (do) ______________________________ at weekends ?
7. Before I moved here, the factory (begin) ______________________________ operation
8. When we came to the stadium, the match (just, begin) ______________________________
9. They ( play) ______________________________ football when it started to rain.
10. Where she (go) ______________________________ for your holiday last year ?
11. The phones (ring) ______________________________ for 2 minutes.
12. My friend (cook) ______________________________ some food in the kitchen at the moment. He usually (cook) ____________________________ in the mornings.
13. She telephoned while I (draw) _________________________ a picture.
14. The sun (set) ____________________________ in the West.
15. They (already, leave ) ___________________________to market when I came there.
16. I (know) ___________________________Jack since we (be) ______________________ students
17. The students (do) ___________________________ English exercise right now.
18. After they (visit) ________________________ Paris, they (go) ______________________to Manchester.
19. We (go) _____________________________ to the theatre yesterday.
20. My mother (come) __________________ to stay with us next weekend.