File 5A: Past tenses + sports

The referee _____ when the player kicked the goalkeeper.

• A  wasn’t looking 

• B  hadn’t look 

• C  used to look

When I met Paul he _____ already lost touch with Susan.

• A  has 

• B  was

• C  had 

What _____ you doing when I phoned you this morning?

• A  was 

• B  were 

• C  are 

My parents _____ much money when they were first married.

• A  didn’t had 

• B  haven’t had 

• C  didn’t have 

She turned off the TV and then she _____ to bed.

• A  went 

• B  had gone 

• C was going 

The referee stopped the match because someone _____ a bottle on the pitch.

• A  had threw 

• B  was throwing 

• C  had thrown 

I couldn’t concentrate because my colleagues _____ a noise.

• A  did make 

• B  were making 

• C make

The food was awful because he _____ too much salt in it.

• A  ’d put 

• B  was putting 

• C  hadn’t put

They _____ golf when it started to rain.

• A  were playing 

• B  played 

• C  used to play

After Peter arrived, we _____ his birthday cake.

• A  had eaten 

• B  were eating 

• C  ate