1 People used to have/had very simple lives in those days. 2 She was talking on the phone when her boss came in.

3 Sam was in hospital because he had crashed his car.

4 They had been studying hard all morning, so they were tired.

5 I was cooking lunch while he was pouring the drinks.

6 We had been living in the house for a year before we decorated the kitchen.

7 Princess Diana did a lot of work for charity.

8 At two o'clock this afternoon they were having lunch at work.

9 First, she knocked on the door. Then, she went inside.

10 We had bought the tickets before we went to the theatre.

a) to talk about actions of people who are no longer alive

b) action which happened before another past action or before a stated time in the past

c) actions which happened immediately one after the other in the past

d) to put emphasis on the duration of an action which started and finished in the past before another past action

e) action which was in progress at a stated time in the past

f) two or more simultaneous actions

g) action in progress when another action interrupted it

h) action which lasted for some time in the past and whose result was visible in the past

i) past habit or state which is now finished

j) action which finished in the past and whose result was visible in the past

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