Past tenses

I ________________________ (wait) for hours, so I was really glad when the bus finally ________________________ (arrive).

• had been waiting, arrived

• waited, arrived

• waited, had been arriving

They ________________________ (study) all day so, when we ________________________ (meet), they were exhausted.

• were studying, meeting

• had been studying, met

• had studied, met

At nine last night we _____________ TV.

• were watching

• watched

• had been watching

He _________ already _____________ the book so I gave it to his sister.

• have, read

• had, read

• had, reading

When she ______________ for the university she began to learn Spanish.

• was working

• had been working

• were working

Once upon a time

a poor wood-cutter _____________ with his wife and two children.

• lives

• had lived

• lived

She _______________ for the bus when she ___________ a car crash.

• had been waiting, saw

• was waiting, saw

• was waiting, was seeing

Conan Doyle ____________ his first Sherlock Holmes story in 1886.

• publishes

• published

• publisher

It ________________ and the pavement was covered with puddles

• has raining

• had been raining

• had been rained

He ____________ the room after I ______________ all the facts.

• left, had explained

• had left, had been exaplaining

• was leaving, was explaining