用所给动词的正确时态填空。
(A)
When my husband went into the dining-room this morning,he ______ (drop)some coins on the floor.There ______ (be)coins
everywhere.We______ (have)to pick them up,but we______ (can)not find them all.
While we ______ (have)breakfast,our little boy.Tommy, ______ (find)two small coins on the floor.He ______ (put)them both into his mouth.My husband and I ______ (try)to get the coins out,but it ______ (be)too late.Tommy______ (swallow)them al-ready!
Later that morning,when I______ (do)the housework,my husband______ (telephone)me from the office.
“How ______ (be)Tommy?" he asked.
“I ______ (not know)," I______ (answer).“Tommy______ (be)to the lavatory three times this morning,but I ______ (not have)any change yet!"
(B)
One cold evening in winter,Yohyo ______ (return)home from the forest.Suddenly he ______ (find)a crane (鹤)in the snow.He
______ (take)it home and______ (look)after it carefully and then ______ (set)it free.
One night,Yohyo______ (hear)a knock at the door.When he ______ (open)the door,he______ (see)a beautiful girl in front of the house.
“I______ (lose)my way in the snow," she______ (say).“May I ______ (come)into your house and______ (stay)for the night?"
“Yes,of course!______ (come)in,please."______ (cry)Yohyo.
They______ (grow)to love each other,and soon they______ (get)married.
The New Year______ (draw)near.They______ (be)too poor to buy anything.The girl______ (say)to her husband,“Yohyo,I
______ (go)to weave some cloth for you.You can sell it in the mar-ket.But be sure not to look into the room while I ______ (work)."
Yohyo _____ (promise),and his wife went into the room and ______ (begin)to weave.A few hours later,the girl ______ (come)out with a piece of beautiful cloth in her hand.It was the most beautiful cloth that Yohyo ______ (ever,see).
The next morning he______ ( sell)the cloth for a lot of money.
Yohyo ______ (never,see)so much money in his life.He______ (become)GREedier and greedier.He ______ (not notice)that the more she ______ (work),the thinner she______ (become).
At last she ______ (change)into a crane and soon ______ (fly) away.
参考答案：
(A) dropped,were,had,could,were having,found,put,tried,was,had swal-lowed,
was doing,telephoned,is,don't know,answered,has been,don't have
(B) was returning,found,took,looked,set,heard,opened,saw,have lost,said,come,
stay.Come,cried,GREw,got,was drawing,were,said,am going,am working,promised,
began,came,had ever seen,sold,had never seen,became,did not notice,worked,
became,changed,flew
