Narrative tenses

How long ... before Vil finally turned up?

• have you been waiting

• are you waiting

• you waited

• Had you been waiting

You ... be so good at backgammon, did you?

• never used to

• got used to

• are used to

• wouldn't

When their mother came from the shops, the children ... noisily outdoors.

• played

• had played

• were playing

• had been playing

By the time he turned thirty, Mr Crimp ... a millionaire

• had become

• was becoming

• became

• had been becoming

Celia ... to find a good job for three months when they employed her.

• was trying

• tried

• had tried

• had been trying

What ... yesterday at five p.m.?

• had you been doing

• did you do

• were you doing

• had you done

Mike ... long before his alarm clock rang.

• had woken up

• woke up

• had been waking up

• was waking up

When we were young, my sister .... my clothes without asking no matter how many times I'd tell her not to!

• TOOK

• WAS TAKING

• HAD TAKEN

• HAD BEEN TAKING

HE WAS TIRED WHEN HE CAME BACK. He ...

• ran

• had run

• was running

• had been running

We ... lunch in the dining room the we heard a shot.

• had eaten

• ate

• were eating

• had been eating