Choose the correct verb tense:
They finished the house after they had been building / were building it for a year.
She didn't eat anything because she had / had had lunch.
He told her that he saw / had seen her before.
He was so exhausted because he cut / had been cutting the grass all day.
They landed when the storm ended / had ended.
He was so dirty because he had digged / had been digging the hole in the rain.
They accepted my offer after they refused / had been refusing it for a month.
I forgot that I want / wanted to buy some bread.
She knew that because someone told / had told her before.
It was so hot in the kitchen because Sue baked / had been baking cakes.
I had to have a break. I had been driving / have been driving so long.
Before we parked our car we collected / had collected the ticket.
I arrived on Sunday. I was not / had not been at home for two days.
The roads were blocked in the morning. It was snowing / had been snowing all night.
They got to the beach after they had walked / had been walking for hours.
She called the police when she saw / had seen the light in the hall.
His English was perfect. He studied / had been studying it since he started school.
I was really hungry. I did not eat / had not eaten anything since the morning.
She didn't go to work because she broke / had broken her leg.
As soon as Betty had opened the door, the burglar had rushed out / rushed out.
After he has finished / had finished his drink he got up.
He had an accident as he drove / had been driving too fast.
The show started when everyone sat down / had sat down.
The snow disappeared because it was / had been 5°C .
After she had switched on the radio she had heard / heard the news.
The ship landed in Nice after it sailed / had been sailing for two days.
At 3 o'clock he had moved / had been moving furniture for 6 hours.
Ben apologized that he made / had made a mistake.
I didn't want to read the book again because I read / had read it.
They were hungry because they had swum / had been swimming all day.
We sold our new house after we bought / had bought a new one.
The road was blocked because a tree had been falling / had fallen on it.
The street was icy in the morning as it had frozen / had been freezing all night.
I was full of energy because I had been having / had had big lunch.
Had you ever slept / Did you ever sleep in a tent before your holiday in Italy ?
There was no egg left. How many eggs had you been cooking / had you cooked?
I'd been calling /I`d called Jane five times before she picked up the phone.
We had repaired / had been repairing the car for an hour when John appeared.
She had done / had been doing yoga for 40 years by the time she retired.
In 2016 I had gone / had been going to France for five years.
I didn't give up even if I had been failing / had failed so many times.
The teacher was angry with us because we didn`t do / hadn`t done our homework.
She had been lying so much in the sun that her skin had turned / turned red.
