1.Choose the correct options

1. Aunt Molly
   [invited|had invited|was inviting|had been inviting] us to a family dinner yesterday.

2. We
   [had talked|had been talking|were taking|talked] for an hour when Lauren suddenly said she needed to leave urgently.

3. What
   [had Anthony been doing|did Anthony do|had Anthony done|was Anthony doing] at 8 o'clock yesterday?

4. Daniel didn't recognise his stepbrother because he
   [never met|was never meeting|had never met|had never been meeting] him before.

5. I'm sorry, I
   [didn't have|hadn't have|wasn't having|hadn't been having] time to call on you the day before yesterday.

6. When we arrived at the family reunion, Mark
   [opened|had already opened|was already opening|had already been opening] all his presents.

7. While I was preparing the presentation, my colleagues
   [checked|had checked|were checking|had been checking] the information in the database.

8. Matthew was exhausted. He
   [worked|was working|had worked|had been working] for eight hours and still had two more urgent tasks to do.

9. Complete the sentences so that they are true about yourself. Use Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, or Past Perfect Continuous

• Last year I …
• At six o'clock yesterday, …
• When I was 7 years old, ...
• I … before …
• ... all afternoon.