Past Continuous VS Past Simple
When Betty ___________________ (come) home her family ____________ (eat).
came/were (was) eating
The judge said that she was guilty because she took/had taken the money for her.
had taken
I ______ (make) a project for five hours before I went to bed.
had been making
We _____ (sleep) for an hour when our daughter ________ (wake /us /up). It __________(turn out) she ___________ (do) her school project and ________ (need) our help. "Just a little!", she _____ (say). But when we _____ (look) at results of her work we _________ (understand) she ________ (not do) anything at all.
we had been sleeping / woke us up/ turned out/was doing/needed/said/looked/understood/hadn't done
I _______________ to call Nick while we ____________________ (sit) on the plane comfortably.
decided / were sitting
My cousin promised/had promised me to bring me a souvenir from France last month
promised
She ________________________________ (work) in that company for twenty years when she was made redundant.
had been working
They ____ (wait) for the bus at the station when a car ______ (stop) nearby. The driver ______ (say) he _______ (drive) since morning and __________ (cover) a few hundred kilometres already, so he _______ (want) to find a motel or something like that. But the drive ________ (smile) in a weird way and also _______ (look) suspicious...
were waiting/stopped/said/had been drriving/had covered/wanted/was smiling/looked
As I ___________ (go) to the cinema, I ___________ (see) my old friend.
was going/saw
Alfred had worked/worked in a bank for five years before he was sent to Rome.
had worked
I ________________________________ (run), so I was hot and tired.
had been running
I ______(walk) for a long time, when the rain suddenly ________ (pour). I _______ (not have) an unbrella with, and also there ________(be) neither buildings nor even trees around. I ________ (begin) to run. I _______ (still run) when I _______ (come across) a small hut at the bottom of a hill. By the time I ______ (open) its shabby door I ______ (be) soaking wet already and even _______ (start) sneezing.
had been walking / poured/didn't have/were/began/was still running/came across/opened/had been/started
Cate _________ (cook) diner while her husband _________ (watch) football. Their son _____ (be) at his friends' house, playing video-games.
was cooking/was watching/was
When Anne opened/had opened the door, she realized that somebody broke/had broken into.
opened / had broken
By midnight I ____________ (finish) my exam preps. I ________________________________ (study) all day, so I was tired.
had finished/had been studying
- How long______(learn / she) English before she ________ (go) to London?
- I think, she _________ (move) there soon after she ______ (graduate) from the uni. But she _________ (start) to learn English in the first grade of the Primary School. So by the time she _____ (get) to live in London, she ___________ (learn) it for more than 16 years! She ________ (have) a strong C1 while she ________ (still study) at the third year.
had she been learning/went
moved/had graduated/started/ got/had been learning/had/was still studying
It _____ (be) a cold winter evening. The wind __________ (blow), and it _________ (snow) when I _________ (leave) home. At the bus-stop I ________ (look) around and _______ (notice) a strange man who ________ (smoke) and_______ (look) directly at me.
was/was blowing/was snowing/left/looked/noticed/ was smoking/looking
When I _________ (arrive) at the railway station, it _______(be). I _________(come) but at once I ___________(realize) that I __________(forget) my passport at home.
arrived/was/came/realized/had forgotten
When we arrived the film ________________________________ (start). Actually, people ________________ (watch) it for more than 10 minutes!
had started / had been watching
How long _____ you (jog) before you ______ (come) home?
- For less than 30 minutes. I _______ (jog) since 9 o'clock when my mobile _______ (ring). It______ (be) Nick. He ______ (wisper) he _______ (sit) at a very important lesson and ________ (realize) he _________ (not copy) the project he _________ (do) all night! Can you imagine? I ________ (have to) come back, ______ (look for) the file in our laptop and then of course ________ (send) it to Nick's email.
had you been jogging / came
had been jogging/rang/was/wispered/was sitting / realized/hadn't copied/had been doing/had to/looked for/sent