1) Put the verbs in brackets into the past perfect or the past perfect continuous.
1 We (wait) for the train for three hours when it arrived.
2 Kim (never/try) Mexican food before.
3 Frank (look) for his keys for hours before he found them under the table.
4 Sue (already/read) that book before Jessica gave her it as a present.
5 I (work) in that company for five years when I got a promotion.
6 She (already/book) the tickets for the concert when I called her.
2.
Fill the gaps with:
blowing, gentle, pouring, heavy, freeze, shining.
1 Take your umbrella. It’s down outside!
2 It’s very cold; I think it will during the night.
3 The wind was so hard that I lost my hat.
4 The sun is and it’s a beautiful day.
5 The forecast says we’ll have showers all day.
6 The clothes I washed dried quickly in the breeze.