Past Perfect/Past Perfect Continuous Tense

By the time I got to class, the lesson ... already ... .

I watched TV after we ... dinner.

The ground was wet because it ... all night.

They were hot because they ... for an hour or so.

... I went to bed, I had switched off the TV set.

Mary ... for hours, so she had headache.

We ... just ...the news, when you rang.

By the time I left school, I ... to become a painter.

My mum and dad ... on the sofa for a while, and then they went to make some coffee.

This was the news I ... for.

By the time I had breakfast Mum ...already ... Grandma.

I .... a comedy film for an hour when I noticed I was alone in the room.