Past tenses (intermediate) | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Elvis Presley ______________________(sing) a lot of songs.

sang

Alexander Graham Bell _____________________(invent) the telephone.

invented

They were very tired in the evening because they ________________________(help) on the farm all day.

had been helping

We ______________________(stay) in a hotel by the sea last summer.

stayed / were staying

We __________________________(look for) her ring for two hours and then we found it in the bathroom.

had been looking

Eve was delighted to hear that she ________________________(get) the job.

had got

Rob _________________________(open) the box and looked inside.

opened

Carol _______________________(break) her arm so she couldn't write for six weeks.

had broken

They _______________________________(walk) for hours when they stopped for a rest.

had been walking

I _______________________(open) the door and stepped outside.

opened

They _____________________________(already / buy) the tickets when they went to the concert.

had already bought

They _____________________(stand) outside when the results were announced.

were standing

I was running when I __________________________(slip) on the ice.

slipped

It _____________________ (rain) while they were playing the football match.

was raining

The shop __________________________ (sell) the table by the time I got there.

had sold

They _____________________________(wait) at the station for 90 minutes when the train finally arrived.

had been waiting

They __________________________(cycle) all day so their legs were sore in the evening.

had been cycling

Joe was happy. He __________________________(win) the first prize in the competition.

had won

How long _________________________(learn / she) English before she went to London?

had she been learning

She broke the glass while she _____________________________ (wash) it.

was washing

Lynn _____________________(sing) while she was cleaning the windows.

was singing

Mr Todd ___________________(teach) for thirty years when he retired.

had been teaching