1) Lucy ____________ me a secret yesterday. a) told b) was telling c) had told d) had been telling 2) We met your sister last weekend while we ____________ the shopping. a) did b) were doing c) had done d) had been doing 3) I ____________ the book yet when you told me the ending. a) didn't finish b) wasn't finishing c) hadn't finished d) hadn't been finishing 4) They ____________ their wedding for months. a) prepared b) was preparing c) had prepared d) had been preparing 5) By the time Emily finished her course, she ____________ in Dublin for six months. a) was b) was being c) had been d) had been being 6) I first ____________ that novel in 2008. a) read b) was reading c) had read d) had been reading 7) I finally went to New York. I ____________ about it for years! a) dreamt b) was dreaming c) had dreamt d) had been dreaming 8) Before Sally crossed the road, she ____________ both ways. a) looked b) was looking c) had looked d) had been looking 9) The lights went out when I ____________ a book. a) read b) was reading c) had read d) had been reading 10) Christine ____________ meat, but now she is a vegetarian. a) ate b) was eating c) used to eat d) had eaten 11) We ____________ at the station for 90 minutes when the train finally arrived. a) waited b) were waiting c) had waited d) had been waiting 12) We were good friends. We ____________ each other for a long time. a) knew b) were knowing c) had known d) had been knowing 13) Alana ____________ to Australia three years ago. I miss her so much! a) moved b) was moving c) had moved d) had been moving 14) Richard ____________ at university when he met his wife. a) taught b) was teaching c) had taught d) had been teaching 15) William ____________ Samantha at the airport last Sunday. a) didn't meet b) wasn't meeting c) hadn't met d) hadn't been meeting 16) The teacher told me off because I ____________ my assignment yet. a) didn't finish b) wasn't finishing c) hadn't finished d) hadn't been finishing 17) My father ____________ the living room for three hours before my uncle came to help him. a) painted b) was painting c) had painted d) had been painting 18) Everybody noticed that you ____________ a mistake. a) made b) was making c) had made d) had been making 19) George ____________ the best student in class, but now Lena is the best. a) was being b) had been c) had been being d) used to be 20) While I was sweeping the floor, my husband ____________ the washing-up. a) did b) was doing c) had done d) had been doing 21) The alarm clock ____________ yesterday morning and I was late for work. a) didn't ring b) wasn't ringing c) hadn't rung d) hadn't been ringing 22) Mr Roberts ____________ in the company for five months before it went bankrupt. a) worked b) was working c) had worked d) had been working 23) When we went out for a walk last Saturday, the sun ____________ and it was quite warm. a) shone b) was shining c) had shone d) had been shining 24) Where ____________ your last summer holidays? a) did you spend b) were you spending c) had you spent d) had you been spending 25) I ____________ for two hours before it started to rain. a) sunbathed b) was sunbathing c) had sunbathed d) had been sunbathing 26) By six o'clock, Thomas ____________ all his personal belongings in his suitcase. a) packed b) was packing c) had packed d) had been packing 27) My cousin and I ____________ on a bench in the park when we heard a clap of thunder. a) sat b) were sitting c) had sat d) had been sitting 28) As Claire ____________ the furniture, she broke her mother's vase. a) dusted b) was dusting c) had dusted d) had been dusting 29) This time last week, Karen ____________ a letter of application to the manager of HSBC. a) wrote b) was writing c) had written d) had been writting 30) Natalie and Melissa ____________ in the back yard, when their neighbour rang the bell. a) rollerbladed b) were rollerblading c) had rollerbladed d) had been rollerblading 31) We ____________ for more than an hour before The Rolling Stones appeared on the stage. a) waited b) were waiting c) had waited d) had been waiting 32) Mandy was lying in a hammock while Phil ____________ the garden. a) weeded b) was weeding c) had weeding d) had been weeding 33) Lauren ____________ us a postcard from her last holiday in Greece. a) sent b) was sending c) had sent d) had been sending 34) Mark ____________ Spanish for three months before he moved to Salamanca. a) studied b) was studying c) had studied d) had been studying 35) I ____________ Brian at Beth's party last weekend. a) met b) was meeting c) had met d) had been meeting 36) When I got home, my parents ____________ their favourite TV show. a) watched b) were watching c) had watched d) had been watching 37) Before they left for Manchester, they ____________ a hotel room. a) booked b) was booking c) had booked d) had been booking 38) Yesterday at 4 p.m. I ____________ to my best friend on the phone. a) talked b) was talking c) had talked d) had been talking 39) Mary ____________ her job as a flight attendant before she started to work as a travel agent. a) lost b) was losing c) had lost d) had been losing 40) We ____________ the ring for two hours and then we found it in the bathroom. a) looked for b) were looking for c) had looked for d) had been looking for

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