Past perfect continuous (I had been doing)

16.2

Read the situations and complete the sentences.

  1. We played tennis yesterday. Half an hour after we began playing, it started to rain.
    We when .
  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 the wrong restaurant.
  3. Sarah got a job in factory. Five years later the factory closed down.
    At the time the factory , Sarah 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 started shouting.
    The orchestra when .

This time make your own sentence:

  1. I began walking along the road. I when .