Past Continuous
(she / eat dinner when we arrived)
She was eating dinner when we arrived.
You __(not/study) for the test, so you were very nervous.
You hadn't studied for the test, so you were very nervous.
When Amelia ____ home, she quickly ____ dinner and ___ straight to bed. (come / have / go)
When Amelia had come home, she quickly had dinner and went straight to bed.
Had she phoned him?
Had he been phoned by her?
“The car has broken down.”
Dad said (that)___
Dad said (that) the car had broken down.
We ___ outside when it started to rain. (play)
We were playing outside when it started to rain.
He ___ (not/use) email before, so I showed him how to use it.
He hadn't used email before, so I showed him how to use it.
My brother ___ an email when the computer ___. (write / turn off)
My brother was writing an email when the computer turned off.
She had not noticed me.
I hadn't been noticed by her.
“We have written the invitations.”
The friends said (that)___
The friends said (that) they had written the invitations.
While I __(repair) my bike, she __ (water) the flowers.
While I was repairing my bike, she was watering the flowers.
Before she ___ (go) to bed, she ___ (listen) to her favourite CD.
Before she went to bed, she had listened to her favourite CD.
Matthew ___ sad because he ___ his lucky T-shirt. (be / lose)
Matthew was sad because he had lost his lucky T-shirt.
The brave men had defended the city.
The city had been defended by the brave men.
"You had all the ideas.”
Sue said (that) ___
Sue said (that) she had had all the ideas.
He __ (watch) TV while she __ (read) a book.
He was watching TV while she was reading a book.
Tom ___ (be) very angry because Ann ___ (shout) at him.
Tom was very angry because Ann had shouted at him.
Why ___ you ___ at 10 o’clock in the evening? (work)
Why were you working at 10 o’clock in the evening?
Those prisoners had robbed five banks.
Five banks had been robbed by those prisoners.
“I went on holiday to France.”
Mrs Brown said (that) ___
Mrs Brown said (that) she had gone on holiday to France.
It ___ (rain) when she ___ (come).
It was raining when she came.
After he ___ (eat) all the sandwiches, he ___ (drink) some orange juice.
After he had eaten all the sandwiches, he drank some orange juice.
By the time we ____ to the station, the train ___ already ___, so we ___ to wait for another one. (get / leave / decide)
By the time we got to the station, the train had already left, so we decided to wait for another one.
Firefighters had put out the fire successfully.
The fire had been put out successfully by the firefighters.
«Then, I have lost my way in a foggy and unknown country.» Billy told us (that) ___
Billy told us (that) he had lost his way in a foggy and unknown country.