Past Tenses

I ... over the phone when they brought me a letter.

• talked

• had talked

• had been talking

• was talking

They ... in the room when the taxi arrived.

• sat

• had sat

• had been sitting

• were sitting

He quickly forgot everything he ... at school.

• learnt

• had learnt

• had been learning

• was learning

I visited Brazil in April. I ... at a nice hotel.

• stayed

• had stayed

• had been staying

• was staying

I ... at the hotel for a fortnight when I got your letter.

• stayed

• had stayed

• had been staying

• was staying

The musician ... the piano foe a whole hour when we came in.

• played

• had played

• had been playing

• was playing

Alice closed the magazine and rose from the sofa in which she ... for more than two hours.

• lay

• had lain

• had been lying

• was lying

We ... along a forest road for two hours when we saw a house.

• walked

• had walked

• had been walking

• were walking

I had been talking over the phone for a whole hour when the porter ... at the door.

• knocked

• had knocked

• had been knocking

• was knocking

I ... speaking with the porter when the phone rang.

• hardly finished

• had hardly finished

• had hardly been finishing

• was hardly finishing