Past Tenses Test

The car ___ at the lights

• was stopping

• stopped

We ___ the cinema before the end of the film.

• had left

• left

• leaved

The streets ___ crowded with people.

• was

• were

• has been

My grandmother ___ last year.

• die

• was dead

• died

Everyone ___ a marvelous time.

• have

• haved

• had

We ___ the food they gave us.

• don't like

• didn't like

• haven't liked

Mary ___ near the sea when she was a little girl.

• was living

• used to live

• would live

• had lived

The town flooded because it had been raining ___ eight days!

• since

• until

• for

• by

Frank ___ his finger while he was playing basketball.

• was breaking

• had been breaking

• has broken

• broke

They ____ by the time I got there.

• had eaten

• have eaten

• ate

• had been eating