1. While people were talking to each other, he ___________ (read) his book. 2. Watch carefully. First I _______ (take) a cucumber and _______ (cut) it into small pieces. 3. I ____________ (make) a presentation in front of 500 people when the microphone stopped working. 4. Wait! I will ___________ (drive) you to the station. 5. She ___________ (ask) about the accident by the police last night. 6. Alice ___________ (see) the accident when she was catching the bus. 7. I am used to waking up early in the morning. It ___________ (not/ bother) me. 8. Peter ___________ (turn) on the TV, but there was nothing interesting. 9. What countries ___________ they ___________ (visit) in Europe? 10. In the 1990s few people ___________ (use) mobile phones. 11. I ___________ (follow) you wherever you go. 12. Do you know what time the 10:45 plane ___________ (arrive) in Chicago. 13. Oh look, a dog ___________ (eat) your lunch, but I think he ___________ (not/ like) the bread in it. 14. Many species ___________ (disappear) for the last five decades. 15. If Sara ___________ (keep) coming to work late, she'll have problems with the boss. 16. The weather ___________ (be) far worse than we ___________ (expect). 17. She ____________ (sleep) since noon. Should we wake her up? 18. As we _________ (drive) down the hill, a strange object _________ (appear) in the sky. 19. He fell down when he ___________ (run) towards the church. 20. We ___________ (not/ see) Doris since last Sunday