UNIT 2. Past simple, past continuous or past perfect
It was Sunday afternoon. I ______ (watch-ver) a cookery program on TV when I ______ (realise-darse cuenta) how hungry I was.
was watching / realised
I ______ (eat-comer) anything since lunch, and I ______ (run-correr) a rece in the morning.
hadn't eaten / had run
I ______ (think-pensar) in biscuits. My mother ______ (give-dar) me a jar of delicious biscuits.
thought / had given
I ______ (go- ir) into the kitchen, ______ (open-abrir) the fridge and ______ (take-coger) some milk.
went / opened / took
I was very late. When I arrived, the conference ______ (start-empezar)
had already started (ya había empezado)
When he heard the police knowcking on the door, he ______ (hide-esconderse) under the bed.
was hiding (estaba escondido)
The police arrested him because he ______ (carry-llevar) a gun.
was carrying (estaba llevando)
When they arrived at the police station, he said that he ______ (do-hacer) anything wrong.
hadn't done (no había hecho)
When he said that he loved me, I knew that he ______ (lie-mentir).
was laying (estaba mintiendo)
I looked at him and I knew he ______ (to be-estar) in a fight, because he had a black eye.
had been (había estado)
He pulled out a gun and everybody ______ (run-correr) away
ran (corrió)
When I was a child, we ______ (go-ir) anywhere at weekends; it was boring.
never went (nunca fuimos)
When he retired he ______ (to be-estar) in the company for more than 50 years.
had been (había estado)
I ______ (pay attention-prestar atención) to the road and we crashed.
wasn't paying attention (no estaba prestando atención)