Grammar 1 Choose the correct answers. 1 It didn’t rain / wasn’t raining when we arrived home, but the sky was dark. 2 When we reached the station, the train left / had left already. 3 When we were hearing / heard what he had done, we were shocked. 4 The singer appeared / was appearing on stage and everyone started to cheer. 5 Did you feel / Had you felt surprised when you heard the news? 2 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple, past continuous or past perfect form of the verbs below. There is one verb that you do not need. become forget hear return stop take 1 We were excited about seeing the band because we ________ only ________ them on the Internet. 2 When I _______________ to my car, I found that someone had damaged it badly. 3 When ________ she ________ playing in the band? 4 We could still see the mountains in the distance but it _______________ dark quickly. 5 I waited for two hours outside in the cold because I _______________ the keys to the house.