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Past perfect continuous (I had been doing)

Gap-fill exercise

Read the situations and complete the sentences
1. We played tennis yesterday. Half an hour after we began playing, it started to rain.
We had been playing for half an hour when it started to rain.
2. I had arranged to meet Tom in a restaurant. I arrived and waited for him. After 20 minutes I suddenly realised that I was in the wrong restaurant.
I --- for 20 minutes when I ---
I had been waiting for 20 minutes when I suddenly realised that I was in the wrong restaurant.
3. Sarah got a job in a factory. Five years later the factory closed down.
At the time the factory ---, Sarah --- there for five years.
At the time the factory closed down, Sarah had been working there for five years.
4. I went to a concert last week. The orchestra began playing. After about ten minutes a man in the audience suddenly began shouting.
The orchestra --- when ---
The orchestra had been playing for about ten minutes when a ma in the audience suddenly began shouting
5. This time make your own sentence:
I began walking along the road. I --- when ---
I had been walking along the road for about ten minutes when a car suddenly stopped just behind me.