I. Use the correct tense-forms of the verbs in brackets.

1. It (be) a cold winter night. It (snow) hard and I (want) to get back home quickly. 2. I never (work) so hard in my life as now when I (write) my diploma-paper. 3. I (learn) riding a bike when I (be) five years old. I (ride) for 20 years already. 4. Where he (go) when you (meet) him in the morning? -To the library. 5. I never (wear) a tie to work and I (refuse) to start now. 6. No sooner I (reach) the door than I (realize) it (lock). 7. As I (cross) the road I (see) Alice coming out of the bookshop. She (say) she (buy) some English books in the original.