Fill in the blanks with the appropriate verb
:
1. The boys were playing games when it _______________ raining.
a. was starting b. started c. had started
2. The phone __________________ while I was cooking dinner.
a. Rings b. rang c. was ringing
3. How long _______________ a social activist?
a. Have you been b. are you c. were you
4. We _____________ each other for a long time.
a. Knew b. are knowing c. have known
5. We _______________ nothing from the wars in history.
a. Learnt b. have learnt c. learning
6. The teacher ___________________ an interesting question in the class yesterday.
a. Asks b. has asked c. asked
7. I looked around, but I ________________ anyone.
a. Didn’t find b. hadn’t found c. don’t find
8. If you don’t hurry, you ________________ the train.
a. Will miss b. would miss c. missed