Test 6

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1. He wrote a famous play in the 1950th.
2. They are a couple which fell in love at first sight.
3. They kept to meet in the waiting room.
4. While wartime most people were poor.
5. The train must seems the most unromantic of places.
6. People meet on chance for good.
7. John was one so person who met his future wife by chance.
8. Because of being fallen asleep on a train he missed his station.
9. It was just before the Christmas when they married.
10. John was travelling at a very early morning train.
11. He has been out to a party the night before and was feeling very sleepy.
12. He jumped on the train just as it was pulling over of the station.
13. She asked if the seat next to me is free.
14. Normally I try to strike off a conversation with people on a train.
15. I felt so tired that I just fall asleep.
16. I woke up and realised, that I have been lying on the floor..
17. She lives quite closely to me.
18. After she has got off I found a purse on her seat.
19. The purse I had found did not belong in her.
20. He usually found himself to sit opposite a young woman called Mary.
21. Ron was to be decided where to go but Mary told him to keep the destination a secret
22. “Mary has never been to a football match in her life," says Ron, “but our relationship took off from there.
23. We had been together now for over 21 years.
24. He was in the army while the Second World War .
25. I used sometimes have to wait for a connecting train at the station in Newcastle where Peggy lived.
26. Our romance near finished very early.
27. Her father was such angry that it seemed our friendship would be finished before it had really begun.
28. Peggy managed to convince her father that I was not so bad and we went on having many happy years together.

Answers

1. He wrote a famous play in the 1950s.
2. They are a couple who fell in love at first sight.
3. They kept meeting in the waiting room.
4. During wartime most people were poor.
5. The train must seem the most unromantic of places.
6. People meet by chance for good.
7. John was one such person who met his future wife by chance.
8. Because of falling asleep on a train he missed his station.
9. It was just before Christmas when they married.
10. John was travelling on a very early morning train.
11. He had been out to a party the night before and was feeling very sleepy.
12. He jumped on the train just as it was pulling out of the station.
13. She asked if the seat next to me was free.
14. Normally I try to strike up a conversation with people on a train.
15. I felt so tired that I just fell asleep.
16. I woke up and realised, that I had been lying on the floor..
17. She lives quite close to me.
18. After she had got off I found a purse on her seat.
19. The purse I had found did not belong to her.
20. He usually found himself sitting opposite a young woman called Mary.
21. Ron was to decide where to go but Mary told him to keep the destination a secret
22. “Mary had never been to a football match in her life," says Ron, “but our relationship took off from there.
23. We have been together now for over 21 years.
24. He was in the army during the Second World War .
25. I would sometimes have to wait for a connecting train at the station in Newcastle where Peggy lived.
26. Our romance nearly finished very early.
27. Her father was so angry that it seemed our friendship would be finished before it had really begun.
28. Peggy managed to convince her father that I was not so bad and we went on to have many happy years together.