B2 narrative tenses

The garden looked beautiful because it _____ all night.

• had snowed

• had been snowing

I almost didn't recognize her because she _____ so much since we last met.

• had changed

• changed

• had been changing

I could see from the mess in the kitchen that she'd (a)   cooking.

I didn't have my mobile with me because I'd (a)   (leave) it on the kitchen table.

We 'd been (a)   (wait) for a long time by the time he arrived.

We _____ dinner when the electricity suddenly went off.

• had

• were having

Luckily, the bus arrived as (a)   as we got to the terminal.

I _____ in the departure lounge for ages when I realized I was at the wrong gate

• had sat

• sat

• had been sitting

The man came out of his house and _____ down the road.

• was running

• ran

When we got to the ski resort it _____ so heavily that we couldn’t ski.

• was snowing

• snowed