Практикум по грамматике английского языка : учебное пособие

Exercise 22. Put each verb in brackets into a suitable past tense. If two 
answers are poss ible, write the more likely one. Where it is possible, use would 
instead of Past Simple.
A nurse showed me into the waiting-room which, as I (1) __________ 
(expect), was full. I __________________ (take) my seat and __________________ 

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(decide) to pass the time watching the people around me. A little man be-
side me __________________ (turn) over the pages of a magazine quickly and 
nervously. It was hard to understand what he __________________ (look) at, 
for every three minutes or so he __________________ (throw) the magazine 
on to the table, __________________ (seize) another, and __________________ 
(sink) back into his chair. Opposite me there was a young mother who 
__________________ (try) to calm down her son who __________________ 
(make) a lot of noise. The boy __________________ (obviously/become) 
tired of waiting. He __________________ (place) an ashtray on the floor and 
__________________ (make) aeroplane-noises as he waved a pencil in his hands. 
Near him, an old man __________________ (sleep). At last the little man next 
to me __________________ (get up), __________________ (walk) towards the 
door and impatiently __________________ (begin) to examine the pic tures on 
the wall. Soon he __________________ (get) bored, __________________ (take) 
another magazine from the bottom of the pile and __________________ (drop) 
wearily into a chair. Even the boy __________________ (become) quiet and 
__________________ (sleep) in his mother’s arms. There was a deathly silence in 
the room as the door __________________ (open) and a nurse __________________ 
(enter). The people __________________ (look) up expectantly with a ray of hope 
in their eyes, then __________________ (settle) down again as the next lucky 
patient went out of the room.
Exercise 23. Tell your classmates a story on one of the following topics. 
You will need to include in your story a mixture of narrative, description, and 
perhaps opinion.
– your memories of the place where you spent the first ten years of your life;
– your first day at school/at university;
– an event which you will never forget.