Past tenses

The traffic lights ______ working last night because of heavy snow.

• stop

• stops

• stopped

• to stop

He _______ the handouts when I entered the room

• was distributing

• were distributing

• distributed

• distributes

Small business owners ________ for a chance to increase their profits 10 months ago

• looks

• looked

• have looked

• were looking

Before Mr. A signed the employment contract, he _______ to work at the company

• started

• has started

• had started

• have started

The annual advertising conference __________ place in New York every year.

• is taking

• was taking

• took

• takes

All the people in Human resources ______ busy with the staff training at the moment.

• is

• are

• were

• have been

Mr. Baker _______ a business meeting in Dubai last year.

• doesn't attend

• didn't attended

• hasn't attended

• didn't attend

_______ Mr. Cho ______ a healthy and promising business plan in 2010?

• Does..... create

• Has ..... created

• Did ..... create

• Is .... creating

The factory's productivity ______ since the introduction of the new manufacturing system.

• improves

• improved

• has improved

• had improved

Fashion, Inc. ______ the orders before Ms. Chu requested that it be canceled.

• already ships

• is already shipping

• has already shipped

• had already shipped