A
1.a 2.b 3.c 4.b 5.a 6.c
B
2.When the people rang,I had just closed and locked the front door.
3.Mary didn't ring me until she had read my letter.
4.As soon as I had paid my bills,I had to go out and earn some more money.
5.He had played the trumpet for ten years before he finally got a job in a band.
6.The criminal had no sooner returned to the country than the police arrested him.
C
1.country 2.countryside 3.continually 4.continuously 5.hardly 6.no sooner
D(possible sentences)
He probably works in the garden-cutting the grass,growing vegetables and plangting flowers and trees.He spends a lot of time looking after the house.He does all the repairs and does all the painting and decorating.
