Past Perfect and Past Tense - Simple or Progressive Form? (pp. 30 - 31)

Gap-filling exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

1. We (travel) for 5 hours when we finally (reach) Naseby.
2. Shakespeare (live) in London for two years when he (become) famous.
3. Mr Morgan (be) very happy when the children found his glasses. He (look) for them for two hours.
4. The train finally (arrive) at 2.30. We (wait) for it since 12 o'clock.
5. It (rain) since 2 o'clock. But now the sun (come) out.
6. Tim's new pen-friend (be) really nice. They (write) letters for the last six months.