Past Tenses

Past Tenses

Multiple Choice

I ... you in the park yesterday. You ... a book and Tom ... with the kids.

• saw / read / played

• saw / were reading / was playing

• was seeing / were reading / played

• had seen / were reading / played

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How long ... English before you ... the exam?

• had you learnt / passed

• did you learn / had passed

• had you been learning / passed

• did you learn / passed

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What ... while I ... the meal?

• were you doing / cooked

• were you doing / was cooking

• did you do / cooked

• did you do / was cooking

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How many books ... before you ... the exam?

• did you read / had taken

• did you read / took

• had you read / were taking

• had you read / took

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The doorbell ... when I ... the book that you ... me.

• rang / read / lent

• rang / was reading / had lent

• was ringing / was reading / had lent

• was ringing / read / lent

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Dan ... the ball to Jane who ... it.

• threw / was catching

• threw / caught

• was throwing / caught

• was throwing / had caught

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When I ... out, it ... and everything was wet.

• went / had been raining

• went / had rained

• was going / was raining

• was going / rained

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Rose ... the shopping and she ... home.

• was doing / was going

• was doing / went

• did / was going

• did / went

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I ... Rose in town yesterday She ... the shopping.

• saw / was doing

• saw / did

• was seeing / was doing

• was seeing / did

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When I ... home, the guests ... and the children ... .

• arrived / left / slept

• arrived / left / were sleeping

• arrived / had left / were sleeping

• had arrived / left / were sleeping

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He ... to go to the cinema with us as he ... already ... the film.

• didn't want / did ... see

• hadn't wanted / did ... see

• didn't want / had ... seen

• hadn't wanted / hadn't seen

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It was very noisy next door last night. Our neighbours ... a party.

• had

• were having

• had had

• had been having

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Kay ... exhausted as she ... all day.

• was / was working

• was / had worked

• was / had been working

• was / worked

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It ... when I ... off the train.

• was raining / was getting

• was raining / had got

• rained / got

• was raining / got

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We ... tennis for an hour when it ... to rain.

• had benn playing / started

• had played / started

• were playing / started

• played / started

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I ... late for the party because my car ... down.

• was / broke

• was / had broken

• had been / broke

• had been / had broken

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I ... who she was as I ... her before.

• didn't know / didn't meet

• hadn't known / weren't meeting

• didn't know / hadn't met

• hadn't known / hadn't met

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We ... a chat while we ... for the bus.

• were having / were waiting

• had / waited

• were having / waited

• had / were waiting

Multiple Choice

How fast ... when the accident ... ?

• were you driving / was happening

• did you drive / happened

• were you driving / happened

• did you drive / was happening

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Matt ... me when I ... dinner.

• phoned / had

• was phoning / was having

• phoned / was having

• was phoning / had

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When he got home, she ..... dinner. She was busy chopping the meat.

• cooked

• was cooking

• had cooked

• had been cooking

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Last night I watched the film you ..... me.

• lent

• was lending

• had lent

• had been lending

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While she ..... a book in the garden, he ..... the boys playing football.

• read / was watching

• was reading / watched

• was reading/ was watching

• read / watched

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When we met yesterday, I ..... for you for quite a long time.

• waited

• was waiting

• had waited

• had been waiting

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She ..... only at the airport that she ..... her passport at home.

• realized / left

• realized / had left

• was realizing / left

• had realized / left

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I ..... him in the park when I ..... home.

• met / went

• had met / went

• met / was going

• was meeting / went home

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How long ..... yesterday?

• did it rain

• was it raining

• had it rained

• had it been raining

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How long ..... when you left work?

• did it rain

• was it raining

• had it rained

• had it been raining

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When the teacher ....., the students ..... .

• entered / shouted

• entered / were shouting

• was entering / were shouting

• was entering / shouted

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The teacher ..... angry because the students ..... .

• was / were listening

• was / listened

• was / weren't listening

• was / didn't listen