1. Alexander Graham Bell.... the telephone
A. had been inventing
B. was inventing
C. had invented
D. invented

2. Our neighbours called the police when they found out that somebody ..... into their house.
A. had broken
B. Broke
C. had been breaking
D. was breaking

3. Lynne.... as she was cleaning the windows.
A. had sung
B. sang
C. was singing
D. had been singing

4. Mr Todd... for thirty years when he retired.
A. was teaching
B. taught
C. had taught
D. had been teaching

5. I ... the door and stepped outside.
A. had been opening
B. was opening
C. had opened
D. opened

6. Eve was delighted to hear that she .... the job.
A. had been getting
B. got
C. was getting
D. had got

7. It wasn't raining when I left my office in the evening, but the ground was wet. It ..... all day.
A. had been raining
B. was raining
C. rained
D. had rained

8. We .... in a hotel by the sea last summer.
A. had been staying
B. were staying
C. had stayed
D. stayed

9. Rescue workers ..... a man, a woman, and two children from cold rushing water.
A. had been pulling
B. were pulling
C. pulled
D. had pulled

10. I was running when I .... on the ice.
A. had been slipping
B. was slipping
C. slipped
D. had slipped

11. My tooth .........for a week before I went to the dentist's.
A. had hurt
B. had been hurting
C. was hurting
D. hurt

12. We.........along the beach when we heard a cry for help.
A. had walked
B. walked
C. had been walking
D. were walking

13. I could tell she..................the competition because she couldn't stop smiling.
A. won
B. had been winning
C. had won
D. was winning

14. Where .... you yesterday?
A. were
B. were being
C. had been
D. was

15. While Joanne ..... her hair, Carl was cleaning the house.
A. was washing
B. had been washing
C. had washed
D. washed