Past tenses C1/C2 (Destination U3/J)

How long ___ before John finally turned up?

• have you been waiting

• are you waiting

• you waited

• had you been waiting

You ___ be so good at padel, did you?

• never used to

• got used to

• are used to

• wouldn't

Could you tell me, sir, what you ___ in the park at three in the morning?

• have done

• have been doing

• were doing

• had done

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

• have been arguing

• argued

• had been arguing

• would argue

The Black Pirate ___ over a million copies already this year.

• had sold

• has sold

• had been selling

• was selling

Don't throw the paper away because I ___ it yet.

• haven't read

• hadn't read

• haven't been reading

• hadn't been reading

By the time we arrived, the film ___ .

• has already started

• would already start

• already started

• had already started

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

• has been losing

• had lost

• was losing

• had been losing

It took Edward a long time to ___ living in Canada.

• be used to

• used to

• get used to

• be used

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

• have been travelling

• would travel

• got used to travelling

• had been travelling