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By the time the guests arrived, we ______ (FINISH) cooking dinner.
HAD FINISHED
I ______ (TRAVEL) for three hours when I finally realized I was on the wrong train.
HAD BEEN TRAVELLING
Look at the ground! It ______ .
HAS BEEN RAINING
HAD RAINED
RAINED
WAS RAINING
When I walked into the room, everyone ______ (WORK)
WAS WORKING
I ______ (KNOW) him for years; he is my best friend.
HAVE KNOWN
She was exhausted because she ______ all day.
HAD BEEN WORKING
We ______ (BE or GO) to Paris three times this year.
HAVE BEEN
The phone rang while I ______ (HAVE) a shower.
WAS HAVING
They ______ (RENOVATE) the house before they moved in.
HAD RENOVATED
I ______ this book all morning and I'm still not finished.
HAD READ
HAVE BEEN READING
HAVE READ
WAS READING
It was the first time I ______ such a complex problem.
WAS ENCOUNTERING
HAVE ENCOUNTERED
ENCOUNTERED
HAD ENCOUNTERED
A: Why are you so out of breath? B: I ______.
HAVE BEEN RUNNING
The band ______ (PLAY) for only twenty minutes when the power went out.
HAD BEEN PLAYING
Everything is going according to plan. We ______ (COMPLETE) four distinct phases of the operation so far.
HAD COMPLETED
COMPLETED
HAVE BEEN COMPLETING
HAVE COMPLETED
He (open) ________ the door, (turn) ________ on the light, and (sit) ________ down at his desk.
OPENED, TURNED, SAT
