Put the verbs in brackets into
the past simple or the past continuous.
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3 12.6.9 Put the verbs in brackets into the past perfect or the past perfect continuous.

1 How long before the rescue team arrived? (had you been waiting)

2 The hikers (had drunk) all their water by the time they reached the village.

3 They for two hours before the storm started. (had been walking)

4 Nagima felt relieved she (had survived) such a frightening experience.

5 Why (hadn't you checked) the weather forecast before you left?

6 The rescue team (had been searching) for so many days that they began to lose hope.