Какое слово нужно вставить: we were late. the lecture half an hour before

1. had started 2. started 3. was started

Circle the correct item. 1) Edgar phoned/had phoned me at 8 o'clock yesterday evening. 2) Mary vacuumed/had vacuumed the carpets by 3 o'clock yesterday. 3) We went / had gone home after it stopped/had stopped raining.

I'm sorry I left without you last night, but I told you to meet me early because the presentation started at 8:00. I had worked / had been working to get it right for years, and I didn't want to miss the beginning.

He drove / was driving / had driven / had been driving to work when his mobile phone rang. Alex lived / was living / had lived / had been living in California for five years when he was younger.

Make the sentences negative and interrogative. 1) She had prepared all the documents by four o'clock yesterday. 2) They had agreed about the delivery of the goods by the end of last week. 3) The scientists had predicted the flood long before.

Circle the correct item 1. Tina sunbathed/was sunbathing while her children swam/were swimming in the sea. 2. Mr White phoned/had phoned us after the conferense was beginning/had begun. 3.