Grammar mix

Mubarak _________ when it started raining

• was riding

• has rode

• rode

• had ridden

We ________ down the side of the mountain when our rope snapped

• had climbed

• were climbing

• climbed

• have climbed

The ship __________ into the rocks, but no one was hurt.

• had crashed

• was crashing

• crashed

• had been crashing

I __________ my tent when suddenly I heard a strange noise in the forest behind me.

• packed away

• had packed away

• was packing away

• was packed away

After I _____________ my tent I heard a strange noise in the forest behind me.

• packed away

• had packed away

• was packing away

• was packed away

The next day, they saw that the hurricane ________the house off the ground.

• was lifting

• had lifted

• lifted

• was lifted

When the wave hit the ship, everyone _________ to panic

• had started

• have started

• was starting

• started

The sun ___________ and the conditions were perfect for hiking.

• was shining

• had shone

• shone

• was been shone

We _________ for eight hours when the captain told us to prepare for an emergency landing.

• were flying

• had been flying

• have flown

• flew

I was going to make spaghetti bolognaise for dinner but Ali says he __________ red meat

• wasn't eating

• has given up

• don't eat

• has giving up