18. When you called, I … for ten hours. A) I worked B) was working C) had worked D) had been working 19. Our grandparents … us to the seaside as children. A) had taken B) were taking C) had been taking D) would take 20. Secondary school was frightening, but I soon … with the other children. A) used to being B) would be C) used to be D) got used to being 21. I never … karate lessons, but now I’m starting to. A) used to take B) got used to take C) used to taking D) would be taken 22. How long … before Val finally turned up? A) have you been waiting B) are you waiting C) you waited D) had you been waiting 23. You … be so good at backgammon, did you? A) never used to B) are used to C) got used to D) wouldn’t 24. Could you tell me, sir, what you … in the park at three in the morning? A) have done B) have been doing C) were doing D) had done 25. I was angry when you saw me because I … with my sister. A) have been arguing B) had been arguing C) argued D) would argue 26. The Black Pirate … over a million copies already this year. A) had sold B) has sold C) had been selling D) was selling 27. Don’t throw the paper away because I … it yet. A) haven’t read B) hadn’t read C) haven been reading D) hadn’t been reading 28. By the time we arrived, the film … A) has already started B) would already start C) already started D) had already started 29. We had to walk home in the end because Jimmy … his car keys. A) has been losing B) had lost C) was losing D) had been losing 30. It took Edward a long time to … living in Canada. A) be used to B) used to 9 C) get used to D) be used 31. I’d love to have lived in the old days, when people … to market by horse and carriage. A) have been travelling B) would travel C) got used to travelling D) had been travelling 32. I much preferred it when we … to Wales every summer on holiday. A) used to go B) were used to going C) had gone D) have been doing 33. Your teacher called me today and said that you … in the playground again. A) had been fighting B) used to fight C) have fought D) would fight 34. I … Janine a book for her birthday, but she … it before. A) got/read B) had got/read C) got/had read D) was getting/read 35. I don’t know who’s responsible because I … here long. A) didn’t work B) hadn’t worked C) haven’t worked D) isn’t working 36. There … a number of different reasons for our divorce. A) were B) have been C) was D) has been