[...] Tony: We got here at 6:00 o'clock this ...

★ Narrative Tenses

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Tony: We got here at 6:00 o’clock this morning. More than forty people______________here waiting for tickets when we arrived.
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A. already standed

B. were already standing

C. had already standed

D. had already been standing

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I didn’t realise that I ________________ my umbrella on the bus until it started to rain.

A. left

B. have left

C. had left

D. was leaving