Solutions Pre-Interm Past forms

After John ........... (buy) everything necessary in the supermarket, he .......(go) home.

• had bought/ went

• bought/had gone

• was buying/went

• bought/was going

We .......(come) to the cinema, then the film ........(start).

• came/had started

• were coming/started

• came /started

• came/was starting

Mrs Johnson ........(do) the shopping, when somebody .........(steal) her wallet.

• did/stole

• was doing/stole

• had done/stole

• did/had stolen

.........(you/finish) your project by 10 pm yesterday?

• You finished

• Were you finishing

• Have you finished

• Had you finished

Last year we ...........(visit) Spain. I .........(not/go) there before.

• visited/didn't go

• visited/hadn't gone

• had visited/didn't go

• visited/hadn't been

While Sue ........(shop) , her husband Mike ........(have) a coffee in the coffe shop nearby.

• was shopping/was having

• shopped/had

• had shopped/had

• shopped/was having

Nick .....(drive) to work when he ......(realise) that he .......(not/turn off) the light in his house.

• drove/realised/ didn't turn off

• was driving/realised/ didn't turn off

• had drove/ realised/ didn't turn off

• was driving/ realised / hadn't turned off