Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets: past simple, past continuous, or past perfect.
I (wake up) on the morning of the maths exam with a horrible feeling in my stomach. I knew that I (not study) enough the night before and that I was going to fail. When I left home it (rain) and there was a lot of traffic. I (arrive) five minutes late and the exam (already, start). I sat down quickly and looked at the questions. I (not can) answer any of them! It was the most difficult exam, the teacher ever (give us). I (sit) next to one of my friends called Sophie and I could see that she (write) very quickly. She was great at maths. Suddenly I had an idea. I (look) at the teacher. He (stand) by the window and he (not look) at us. I wrote a message on a piece of paper and threw (передал) it to Sophie. It said “I need help”. Sophie (already, finish) the exam. She copied the answers on a piece of paper and quickly passed it to me. The following day our teacher (call) us both to his room. We saw that he (hold-держать) my exam paper, and Sophie’s, too. He told us that we (both, fail) the exam. We (write) exactly the same answers for every questions, including several wrong answers.
2) hadn’t studied
3) was raining
4) arrived
5) had already started
6) couldn’t
7) had ever gave
8) sat
9) was writing
10) looked
11) was standing
12) didn’t look
13) had already finished
14) called (не уверена)
15) was holding
16) both had failed
17) wrote