Prepare 7 Unit 7

The man ____________ back to the Woolwick when he was killed and thrown out of the train.

• was travelling

• travelled

• had travelled

Mycroft Holmes took of his overcoat and ________heavily in an armchair.

• had sat down

• sat down

• was sitting down

At 9 o'clock we ________ in the study, waiting patiently for our man.

• sat

• had sat

• were sitting

We ________ the dark shadows at the back of the house when we heard footsteps.

• just reached

• had just reached

We were walking past his office when suddenly the man ________ into the fog.

• rushed off

• rushing off

Lestrade and Mycroft met us outside Gloucester Road Station in the morning. We _______ the back door of Oberstein's house open the night before.

• left

• had left