1) She asked me if I wanted to go to
the cinema, but I _______ in the garden the whole day and all I wanted to do
was go to bed.
a) had worked
b) had been working
c) worked
d) was working
2) I _______ for more than an hour
before she finally arrived.
a) was waiting
b) had waited
c) had been waiting
d) waited
3) They ______ by the time we arrived.
a) eaten
b) eating
c) have eating
d) had eaten
4) They _____ while I was cooking
dinner.
a) were cleaning up
b) had cleaned up
5) There was no food left when I returned.
They _____ everything!
a) had eaten
b) ate
c) were
eating
6) The bed was very uncomfortable. I
_____ very well. (to sleep)
7) The window was open and a bird
______ into the room. (to fly)
8) I was in a hurry, so I ________ time to phone you. (to have)
9) It was a funny situation but nobody
_____ (to laugh)
10) It was the most difficult
experience I _____
a) have
ever had
b) might
ever have
c) had
ever had
11) By the time the presentation began,
they _____ their discussion.
a) completed
b) had completed
c) were completing
12) When I arrived, they _____.
a) stretching their legs
b) were stretching their legs
c) had been stretching
13) I lit the fire at four and it
______ brightly when Lisa arrived.
a) burned
b) had burned
c) was burning
14) I was reading the letter when the
wind ______ it out of my hands.
a) was blowing
b) blew
c) had blown
15) Jack ______ the report by the time
it was necessary.
a) hadn't finished
b) was finishing
c) had been finishing
16) They _____ an argument when I
arrived to celebrate Pete's birthday.
a) had been
b) were having
c) have had
17) I found this gold coin while I
_____ in the garden!
a) dug
b) had been digging
c) was digging
18) _____ the dog before they left on
vacation?
a) Had they fed
b) Were they feeding
c) Had they been feeding
19) Nick _____ sick while he ______ in Texas. (to travel, to become)
20) While I _____ , the school bus ____
.
(to arrive, to text)
21) She ________ lunch when someone
rang the doorbell.
a) was
preparing
b) prepared
c) has
been preparing
22) My girlfriend __________ to the
restaurant before, so she knew exactly what to order.
a) was going
b) had been
c) went
23) I forgot to tell you, yesterday
while I _________, I saw that American man you like.
a) had walked
b) was walking
c) walked
24) Julie __________ for hours when she
suddenly noticed that the sun was sinking in the sky.
a) was walking
b) had been walking
c) were walking
25) Everything in Edmund's life _________ well until his world collapsed in a
car crash a month before.
a) had gone
b) was going
c) had been going
26) Last week I ____ my bicycle through
the park when I saw Bruce Willis, the movie star, playing with his kids.
a) rode
b) was riding
c) had been riding
d) did ride
27) Where __________ yesterday? I
looked for you at school, but you never showed up.
a) are you going
b) went
you
c) have
you been
d) did you go
e) have
you gone
28) I was exhausted at the end of the
exam. I ______ for over two hours.
a) had been writing
b) was writing
c) had written
d) wrote
29) We didn't really want to go and see
the musical again. We __________ it
twice!
a) had already been seeing
b) had already saw
c) had seen
d) had been seeing
30) Joan was in the kitchen and she _______
a huge meal for everyone at the party.
a) was cooking
b) had been cooking
c) was cooked
31) After a few yards he turned into a
shop doorway where a man __________ at Japanese cameras.
a) was looking
b) had been looking
c) looked
d) had been watching
e) was watching
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