Exercise 13. Underline the correct form.
1. When the police stopped/were stopping Smith's car for a routine check, they realized that he was
the man who robbed/had robbed the bank.
2. I woke up in the middle of the night and turned on/was turning on the light. Someone or
something climbed/was climbing in my window!
3. Unfortunately Jan arrived/was arriving at the station at 3.25, and found that she missed/had
missed the train.
4. The doctors tried/had been trying their best, but while they were performing the operation, the
patient died/was dying.
5. We'd been watching the film for half an hour before we realized that we were making/had made a
terrible mistake. We went/had gone into the wrong cinema!
6. On the morning of the accident, Mr Davis just finished/had just finished a night shift at a local
factory, and didn't have/hadn't had any sleep for 24 hours.
7. I'm sorry I didn't answer/wasn’t answering the phone earlier, but I was painting/had been
painting the ceiling in my bedroom.
8. The office Marlowe was visiting was on the 15th floor, and unfortunately, the lift wasn’t
working/hadn't been working, so by the time he arrived at the top of the stairs, he was/had been
out of breath.
9. On Christmas morning when they woke up/were waking up, the children looked eagerly out of
the window. It snowed/had been snowing, and the garden was covered in a thick white carpet.
10. After the two film stars landed/were landing at the small airport, they left quickly in a van that
was waiting/had been waiting for them since the early morning.

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I (have been waiting) for a letter from my cousin for a month already, but (have not yet received) it. 13. She has already been doing her homework for two hours; but she has (not yet done) half of it. 14.1 (have been waiting) for you since two o'clock. 15. What are you ( doing)? — I (am reading). I (have been reading) for two hours already. I have already (read) sixty pages. 16. It is difficult for me to speak about this opera as I (have not heard) it. 17. I have just received a letter from my granny, but I have (not yet received) any letters from my parents. 18. The weather (is) fine today. The sun (has been shining) ever since we got up. 19. Every day I ( wind) up my watch at 10 o'clock in the evening. 20. Come along, Henry, what are you ( doing) now? I (have been waiting) for you a long time. 21. Where are your gloves ? — I (have put) them into my pocket. 22. I (am staying) with some American friends in Chicago. I (have been staying) with them for two weeks now. I ( have had) a great time here. I (have been taking) the opportunity to improve my English. I have already ( seen) the towering skyscrapers of Chicago which are reflected in the rippling water of Lake Michigan. I have just ( taken) a picture of Chicago's Sears Tower which (rises) 1,707 feet and ( provides) a panoramic view from the skydeck. 23. I (am going) to give that cat some food. I (am) sure it (is starving). — But Jane has already ( fed) the cat. You needn't do it.

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