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Correct the mistakes in the sentences.
1 I go to France last summer.
2 I was sightseeing when I was in New York.
3 I bough some postcards and a T-shirt.
4 My parents give me some money for my birthday last
year.
5 Did you ate some nice food in Italy?​

1. i (was sitting) in an armchair and ( think ing) of any coming trip across the north sea when the door suddenly ( opened) and an old friend of mine whom i (had not  seen) for a very long time ( entered) the room. 2. she ( came) to see us just at the time when we (were hav ing) dinner. it (was) the first time i (had seen) her. 3. i (saw) him just as he (was leav ing) the hotel. 4. i (had not seen) him before we ( met) at the concert. 5. he (had left) the house before i ( had) time to ask him anything. 6. he ( told) me he (had learnt) it from the newspaper. 7. he ( entered) the room, (took) something from the desk and (went) out. 8. there (were) two men in the room. one of them (was writ ing) something while the other (was read ing) a newspaper. 9. he (did not tell) me that he (had received) a telegram from her. 10. i ( asked) him if he ( knew) where she ( lived). i ( said) i (did not know) her address. 11. he ( asked) me if i (could) give him your address. 12. she ( said) that he (had given) her the wrong address. 13. i ( asked) him where he (had put) my letter. 14. he (told ) us that they (had spent) all the money. 15. after spending several days in paris he ( felt) lonely and ( wanted) to return home. 16. i ( thought) he had already ( gone) home. 17. i ( found) the old man in the garden. he (was talk ing) to some chil­dren who (were stand ing) around listening to him. 18. he (was speak ing) a language we had never ( heard) before.