Grammar Test III: The Past Tenses. Insert the correct form of the verb:
1. Jack had been gring a beard but now he shaved it off.
2. Oh, I have burned myself! - How did you do you that?
3. It was raining nearly the whole week, from Tuesday till Saturday.
4. Where were you yesterday evening?
5. She was having dinner when they came in.
6. On coming home last night we found that someone had broken into the flat.
7. It was the first time we had been to Denmark and we enjoyed it a lot.
8. I had lived there for a couple of years already when the accident happened.
9. The professor told us that the Norman invasion had taken/took place in 1066.
10. I asked if she had looked everywhere and she said that she had.
11. When I arrived everybody was sitting round the table round the table with their mouths full. They were eating.
12. When I arrived everybody was sitting round the table with their mouths empty but stomachs full. They had been eating.
13. When Karen arrived we had dinner and then left for the theatre.
14. When Karen arrived we were having dinner and couldn't pay much attention to her.