B2/C1 PAST TIME GRAMMAR PRACTICE

How long .......... before Val finally turned up?

• have you been waiting

• you waited

• are you waiting

• had you been waiting

By the time we arrived, the film .........

• has already started

• had already started

• already started

• would already start

You ................ be so good at backgammon, did you ?

• never used to

• are used to

• got used to

• wouldn't

We had to walk home in the end because Jimmy ........hi car keys

• had been losing

• was losing

• had lost

• has been losing

Could you tell me , Sir, what you ........in the park at three in the morning ?

• have you done

• have been doing

• were doing

• had done

It took Edward a long time to ...... living in canada.

• be used to

• used to

• be used

• get used to

I was angry when you saw me because I ..............with my sister.

• have been arguing

• argued

• would argue

• had been arguing

I'd love to have lived in the old days, when people .................... to market by horse and carriage.

• would travel

• have been travelling

• got used to travelling

• had been travelling

The Black Pirate ..............over a million copies.

• had sold

• has sold

• had been selling

• was selling

I much preferred it when we .......... to Wales every summer on holiday.

• had gone

• were used to going

• used to go

• have been going