S5 - U6.3 - Grammar checking - Past tense

While I                     at the bus stop, three buses went by in the opposite direction.        

• A. was waiting

• B. waited

• C. had waited

• D. were waiting

The thieves (hide) in the kitchen when the police (come) in.

• hid/came
• hided/ come
• was hiding / came
• were hiding / came

Hello Anna, what _______ (you / do) when I called you last night?

• do you do

• did you do

• didn't do

• were you doing

I ( wait ) ............. for the bus when Jack ( drive ) ................. past and ( give ) ............. me a lift

• waited / đrove/ gave

• was waiting / was driving/ gave

• was waiting / drove / gave

• waited/ was driving/ was giving

Kelly ( watch ) .................... TV when I ( ring ) ................. her last night

• watched / was ringing

• was watching / was ringing

• was watching / rang

• watched / rang

When my friend ( phone ) ....................., I ( have ) ...................... a shower, so she ( leave ) .....................me a message

• was phoning/ was having/ left

• phoned/ was having/ left

• was phoning/ had/ left

• phoned/ was having/ leaved

John ( wait ) ............. to pay when he ( remember ) ................. his wallet was at home

• waited/ remembered

• waited/ was remembering

• was waiting/ remembered

• was waiting/ was remembering

Julie ...................................her bedroom when she ...................a huge spider on the wall. 

• was tidying / was finding
• was tidying / found
• tidied / found 

I was watching a movie when I _______ (see) him standing outside.

• was seeing
• saw
• see
• were seeing

.Last night I ________________ in bed when I suddenly ________________ a scream. (read, hear)

• read - heard

• was reading - was hearing

• was reading - heard

• read - was hearing