Question

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense,Past Perfect Continuous or Past Simple.

1 The evening,I bad been ringing (ring) him every ten minutes without success.I finally decided (decide) to give up and go to bed.
2.Mira             (be) very tired when she arrived for dinner beacause she            (play) tennis all day .
3 Poor David ! He            (studay) History for five hours when he              (realise) that next day's exam was Science.
4 Annie Oakley              (work) in Wild West shows for some  time when Buffalo Bill           (ask) her to join his show.
5 Jason           (buy) video games for a long time before he          (get) fed up with computers.

Answer 1

1 The evening,I had been ringing (ring) him every ten minutes without success.I finally decided (decide) to give up and go to bed.
2.Mira was very tired when she arrived for dinner beacause she had been playing tennis all day .
3.Poor David ! He had been studying History for five hours when he realised that next day's exam was Science
4.Annie Oakley had been working in Wild West shows for some time when Buffalo Bill asked her to join his show.
5.Jason had been buying video games for a long time before he got fed up with
computers.

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