Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Past
Simple and/or the Past Continuous.
0 The cat was sleeping (sleep) on my laptop
when I got (get) home.
1 I’m sorry I (not /
hear) you. My sister
(shout).
2 Gabriela and Theo
(wait) for the bus when their father
(call) them.
3 What (you / do) at
nine o’clock on Sunday?
(you / watch) that film about famous
inventors’ lives?
4 When Rose (talk)
to Nancy on the phone, the phone
suddenly (crash).
5 When I (be) about
seven years old, a big computer company
from India (want)
to give my father a good job there.
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Noisy, boiling city life and at the same time serene, unhurried, breathing eight centuries of history and eternally young Riga.
Shining with showcases of boutiques and charming with the unassuming beauty of the quiet streets of its outskirts.
A shaking night with the music of numerous nightclubs and delighting the ear of a casual passer-by with the delicate play of street musicians.
And all this is so harmoniously and naturally combined in this tiny piece of Europe, in this “little Paris” that it is simply impossible not to admire.
And it is not surprising that those who have been to Riga once, come back here again and again. Over and over again, she appears in a completely new, hitherto unseen perspective and, as if playfully, reveals more and more secrets.
It seems her possibilities in this are simply endless.
He wanted to drive his car to some nice place but the car was broken. Он хотел поехать на своей машине в какое-нибудь хорошее место, но машина была сломана.
He wanted to spend the afternoon with his friends but it started to rain cats and dogs. Он хотел провести день со своими друзьями, но начался ливень как из ведра.
He wanted to say "I love you" to his friend Rose but didn't come to his place in the evening. Он хотел сказать "Я люблю тебя" своей подруге Розе, но она не пришла к нему вечером.