Choose the best alternative

We got to the park quite soon after lunch and fortunately the rain ​​ ​ (a)   ​ by then

• HAD STOPPED
• STOPPED

​ (a)   in the rain for at least twenty minutes before the bus arrived, by which time we ​ ​ ​ (b)   ​ ​ ​ pretty cold and wet, as you can imagine​ we

• We'd been standing
• were feeling
• We'd stood
• we had been feeling

​ ​ ​ (a)   along this road a thousand times – I could almost do it with my eyes shut!​

• I’ve driven
• I’ve been driving

You’d expect Fran to be looking tired because ​ (a)   for her final exams fort he last three weeks​

• she’s been studying
• she’s studied

Maisie ​ (a)   sweets all evening so it was not surprising she didn’t want any supper!

• had been eating
• ate

I think people ​ (a)   much harder in the past than they do nowadays

• used to work
• would work

So much noise​ (a)   from our flat all afternoon that eventually the neighbours complained and we had to explain that we ​ (b)   the heater and that we’d be finishing soon.

• had been coming
• were repairing
• repaired
• had come

We always used to go to the Mediterranean for our holidays when I was a child. I think ​we (a)   to Ibiza at least five times.

• went
• used to go