Question

Use the necessary froms of the verbs in brackets

When we 1 ____ (arrive) in London we were two hours late because our train 2 ______ (hold up) by bad weather. Outside the station it 3 _____ (snow) hard and a lot of people 4______ (wait) for taxis.
As we 5_____ (be) about to join them a young man 6 ______ (pull up) in his car and 7_____ (ask) us where we 8 _______ (want) to go. Aithough it 9 _____ (not/be) an official taxi, the car 10 ___ (be) new and shiny and the young man looked respectable.

Answer 1

When we 1 ____ (arrived) in London we were two hours late because our train 2 ______ (had been held up) by bad weather. Outside the station it 3 _____ (was snowing) hard and a lot of people 4______ (were waiting) for taxis.
As we 5_____ (were) about to join them a young man 6 ______ (pulled up) in his car and 7_____ (asked) us where we 8 _______ (wanted) to go. Aithough it 9 _____ (was not) an official taxi, the car 10 ___ (was) new and shiny and the young man looked respectable.