Read the situations and complete the sentences.
EXAMPLE:
I began walking along the road. I *** along the road for about ten minutes when a car suddenly stopped just behind me.
ANSWER:
had been walking
Correct:
Incorrect:
We played tennis yesterday. Half an hour after we began playing, it started to rain. We had been playing for half an hour when it started to rain.
I had arranged to meet Tom in a restaurant. I arrived and waited for him. After 20 minutes I suddenly realised that I was in the wrong restaurant. I had been waiting for 20 minutes when I suddenly realised that I was in the wrong restaurant.
Sarah got a job in a factory. Five years later the factory closed down. At the time the factory closed down, Sarah had been working there for five years.
I went to a concert last week. The orchestra began playing. After about ten minutes a man in the audience suddenly began shouting. The orchestra had been playing for about ten minutes when a ma in the audience suddenly began shouting.
I began walking along the road. I had been walking along the road for about ten minutes when a car suddenly stopped just behind me.
