Question

Правильно ответившему поставлю лучшее! Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple past continuous past perfect or past perfect continuous. Everyone looks forward to having a great time on holiday, but whay do you do when your holiday turns into your worst nightmare? This is what 1)................ (happen) to me last summer. My friend Georgia 2)................. (invite) me to spend a month with her, so I 3)............... (book) a flight for her home town- San Jose, California. I finally 4)............... (arrive) in San Jose. I stepped outside the airport and, to my surprise, Georgia 5)..................... (not/wait) for me/ After I 6)............... (wait) for 40 minutes, I 7)............ (ask) if I was in San Jose, and they said i was. Where was she? Finally, an airport official 8)................ (come) up to me and 9).................. (ask) me what was wrong. After we 10)............... (talk) for a few minutes, he 11)............. (start) laughing. I 12)................ (get) more and more annoyed when he finally 13)............ (explain). I was in San Jose but in Southern Mexico!

Answer 1

1)happened 2)invited 3)booked 4.arrived 5.didnt wait  6.had waited 7.asked   8.came up and asked 10.had talked  11.started 12.got 13.explained 

Answer 2

happened
invited
booked
arrived
was not waiting
had been waiting
asked
came up
asked
were talking или had been talking - сомневаюсь
started
got
explained

Answer 3

The verbs in the past simple, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous tenses

Here is the passage with the verbs filled in the correct tenses:

Everyone looks forward to having a great time on holiday, but what do you do when your holiday turns into your worst nightmare? This is what 1) happened to me last summer. My friend Georgia 2) invited me to spend a month with her, so I 3) booked a flight for her home town - San Jose, California. I finally 4) arrived in San Jose. I stepped outside the airport and, to my surprise, Georgia 5) wasn't waiting for me. After I 6) had been waiting for 40 minutes, I 7) asked if I was in San Jose, and they said I was. Where was she? Finally, an airport official 8) came up to me and 9) asked me what was wrong. After we 10) had talked for a few minutes, he 11) started laughing. I 12) became more and more annoyed when he finally 13) explained. I was in San Jose but in Southern Mexico!

Now let's break down the tenses used in the passage:

1) happened - past simple 2) invited - past simple 3) booked - past simple 4) arrived - past simple 5) wasn't waiting - past continuous (negative form of "was waiting") 6) had been waiting - past perfect continuous 7) asked - past simple 8) came - past simple 9) asked - past simple 10) had talked - past perfect continuous 11) started - past simple 12) became - past simple 13) explained - past simple

In this passage, the past simple tense is used for actions that occurred in the past, such as "happened," "invited," "booked," "arrived," "asked," "came," "asked," "started," "became," and "explained."

The past continuous tense is used to describe an ongoing action in the past, as seen in "wasn't waiting."

The past perfect continuous tense is used to describe an action that started before a certain point in the past and was still ongoing at that point, as seen in "had been waiting."

The past perfect tense is not used in this passage.

I hope this helps! If you have any more questions, feel free to ask.