Past tenses (9A)

The sun _____ brightly when I got up this morning.

• shined

• was shining

• had shined

Until he went to France he _____ French.

• never spoke

• was never speaking

• had never spoken

In 1969 Neil Armstrong _____ on the moon for the first time in history.

• walked

• was walking

• had walked

Tolstoy _____ some great novels, but he never won a Nobel Prize.

• wrote

• was writing

• had written

While I was doing homework my sister _____ TV.

• watched

• was watching

• had watched

The woman took her wallet out and _____ the bill.

• paid

• was paying

• had paid

What _____ at eight o'clock last night?

• did you do

• were you doing

• had you done

The thief was only arrested after he _____ more than ten houses in the village.

• broke in

• was breaking in

• had broken in

When I saw the film, I thought it was one of the most boring films I _____.

• watched

• was seeing

• had ever seen

Lily _____ in and out of love when she was a 16.

• always fell

• was always falling

• had always fallen