1 VARIANT
She looked tired. She planted/was planting/had been planting flowers all morning.
I was playing/played/had played volleyball when the ball hit my head.
His clothes were smudgy because he finished/had finished/was finished painting the walls.
When I was five my parents were buying/bought/had been buying a piano for me.
Kim was dancing/danced/had danced when her husband opened the door.
He cut/was cutting/had been cutting the grass for an hour when suddenly the lawn-mower broke down.
First I had taken off/took off/was taking off my coat, then I went to the bathroom.
She forgot everything she had studied/was studying/studied at a driving school.
2 VARIANT
I phoned Jack because I wanted/had wanted to ask him a question.
Rob was opening/opened/ had opened the box and looked inside.
Sally had been typing/was typing/had typed this text for 3 hours before Mark came.
Rachel’s husband fixed/had fixed /had been fixing the car since early morning.
Yan wrote/ had been written/had written a letter to Nick two days ago.
6. We met her at the bus stop. She was waiting/had waited/waited for the bus.
7. They married/ had married/ before they bought this house.
He got a bad mark for his test because he had made/made/was making a lot of mistakes in it.
1 VARIANT
had been planting
was playing
had finished
bought
was dancing
had been cutting
took off
had studied
2VARIANT
wanted
opened
had been typing
had been fixing
wrote
was waiting
had married
had made
