Past tense

1. Josh was so tired last night that he fell asleep at the kitchen table. He _____ football all day

• had played

• had been playing

• was playing

• played

By the time I got to the bus stop, the bus _____ .

• left

• has left

• had left

• had been leaving

We _________ planting the trees in the garden when it started raining.

• just finished

• just finishing

• have just finished

• had just finished

By the time we decided to have lunch, my friends and I _____ for five hours non-stop.

• has shopped

• went shopping

• shopped

• had been shopping

I could not remember the poem we __________ the week before.

• had learned

• had been learning

• learned

After we had a look around the museum, we ____ for the others in the gift shop.

• has been waiting

• had waited

• had been waiting

• waited

When he ____ his friend coming, he went to buy two tickets for the cinema.

• had seen

• saw

• had been seeing

• was seeing

By ten o’clock, all the passengers ____ the plane.

• had boarded

• boarded

• have boarded

• had been boarding

I finally reached my mom. ________ her all day.

• I had been calling

• I have called

• I called

• I had called

He was no longer running his shop. He ____ it.

• had sold

• had been selling

• sold

• had sell