Past Simple / Past Continuous / Past Perfect Simple

I heard a knock at the front door so I ___ to answer it.

• are going

• went

• was going

• was wenting

At this time yesterday, ___ an essay

• was writing

• wrote

• are writing

• had written

The football season ___ a month ago.

• begin

• beginning

• began

• was beginning

She ___ from school in 2001.

• graduating

• had graduated

• have graduated

• graduated

We entered the house quietly because everyone ___.

• was sleeping

• had slept

• slept

• are sleeping

By the time we ___ to the cinema, the film had already started

• had got

• start

• got

• is starting

The children ___ in the garden while their parents were watching them.

• are playing

• were playing

• played

• had played

They ___ many hours before we arrived.

• left

• has left

• had left

• were leaving