OS U2 Past Tenses

He _______ 16 days as sea before they found him.

• had spent

• had been spending

He _______ for the bus when the accident happened.

• was waiting

• had waited

It _______ and the wind _______ as I closed the door

• was snowing/was howling

• snowed/had howled

Rescue teams _______ for people trapped in the building while the firefighters _______ to put out the fire.

• looked/had tried

• were looking/were trying

The accident happened because the driver _______ on his mobile phone and _______ the car in front of him.

• had been talking/hadn't seen

• was talking/didn't see

Ben _______ on the beach, when he _______ the shipwreck.

• was walking/noticed

• walked/had noticed

Rescue teams _______ to locate the 14-year-old boy for 10 hours before they _______ to find them.

• had been trying/managed

• were trying/had managed

The survivors _______ a loud noise before the building collapsed.

• heard

• had heard

We _______ to the airport when our car broke down.

• drove

• were driving

Tom _______ from the fire through the kitchen window.

• escaped

• was escaping