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Exercise 2 : Put the verb in the correct tense (preterite or preterite be + -ing).
a. He (do) the washing up when his wife (come) back from an executive meeting. b. Roger (house clean) when Teresa (ask) him to serve her a large glass of whisky. c. Peter (do) the shopping when Clare (start) to watch rugby on television.
d. Bob (change) the baby while Eleanor (play) poker with her friends.
e. Dan (water) pot-plants when Leslie (start) cutting the wood.
Exercise 3 : Put the verbs in the appropriate tense.
a. At tye turn of the century, suffragettes (run) a campaign against gender inequality.
b. Women always (strive) to obtain more rights.
c. Politicians (give) women the vote in 1918 in the United Kingdom and in 1920 in the U.S.
d. In the Past, dowries were given to daughters when they (get) married.
e. Since she (decide) to work for the NACA, the place of women in the field of technology (evolve).