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Past tenses (English file upper intermemdiate Un ...

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    Choose the correct word to complete the sentence
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  • Jed ________ Lisa for two years when they got engaged.
    has known
    had been knowing
    had known
  •  15
  • We didn’t want to leave because the party ________.
    didn’t finish
    hadn’t finished
    hadn’t been finishing
  •  20
  • The meal was served while the children ________ the in-flight film.
    ’ve been watching
    ’d been watching
    were watching
  •  15
  • When I got to the cottage, I realized I ________ the keys in the car.
    left
    had left
    had been leaving
  •  20
  • We________ for two hours when they finally let us in.
    ’d been queuing
    ’ve been queuing
    were queuing
  •  25
  • The strange things started happening while the old castle ________ in the 1980s.
    was repaired
    was repairing
    was being repaired
  •  25
  • We ________ twenty minutes for the airport bus when it finally arrived.
    ’d been waiting
    were waiting
    waited
  •  10
  • I met my wife when I ________ English in Greece.
    taught
    had taught
    was teaching
  •  20
  • We boarded the plane and ________ our extra legroom seats near the emergency exit.
    had found
    was finding
    found
  •  15
  • When I eventually visited the town I grew up in, I found it ________ a lot.
    changed
    was changing
    had changed
  •  10
  • Alan was celebrating because he ________ his first novel published.
    ’d had
    was having
    ’d been having
  •  25