25 Match the sentences with the correct tense description. 1. It was raining and the wind was blowing. 2. He was exhausted because he had been walking all day. 3. There was no juice left because Jack had drunk it all. 4. She had finished by 8 o'clock. 5. The storm broke out after we had been driving for four hours. 6. He got into the plane, started the engine and flew off into the clouds. 7. The party had already started by the time I arrived. 8. Elvis Presley died in 1977. 9. I was cycling to work when I fell off the bike. 10. My grandfather met Winston Churchill. 11. I was sleeping at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. 12. She had been trying to find a job in Hollywood for years.

1. 1-g (It was raining and the wind was blowing - past equivalent of the Present Perfect Continuous)
2. 2-l (He was exhausted because he had been walking all day - past action of certain duration which had visible results in the past)
3. 3-a (There was no juice left because Jack had drunk it all - past equivalent of the Present Perfect)
4. 4-j (She had finished by 8 o'clock - past action which occurred before a stated time in the past)
5. 5-h (The storm broke out after we had been driving for four hours - past action which occurred before another action)
6. 6-c (He got into the plane, started the engine and flew off into the clouds - past actions which happened one after the other)
7. 7-h (The party had already started by the time I arrived - past action which occurred before another action)
8. 8-k (Elvis Presley died in 1977 - event which happened at a stated past time)
9. 9-i (I was cycling to work when I fell off the bike - past action in progress interrupted by another)
10. 10-k (My grandfather met Winston Churchill - event which happened at a stated past time)
11. 11-b (I was sleeping at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon - action in the middle of happening at a stated past time)
12. 12-l (She had been trying to find a job in Hollywood for years - past action of certain duration which had visible results in the past)

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