Past tenses quizes

When I got to the party, everyone _______ home.

• went

• had gone

• was gone

• would go

She _______ for two hours before the bus arrived.

• waited

• was waiting

• had been waiting

• would be waiting

They _______ dinner when I called last night.

• ate

• were eating

• were eaten

• would eat

By the time we got to the theater, the movie _______.

• had already started

• already started

• starts

• started

Choose the sentence that two actions happening at the same time.

• The children were laughing and playing when their mother called them for dinner.

• While she was driving to work, she saw an accident on the highway.

• As they were playing in the park, it started to rain heavily.

• While I was watching TV, my sister was studying for her exam.

Choose the sentence that past action happened before another action in the past.

• They played football while it was raining.

• She was cooking dinner when I was arriving.

• I realized I had left my keys at home when I got to the office.

• While I was watching TV, the phone was ringing.

He _______ his bike to school this morning.

• will ride

• is riding

• rides

• rode

We _______ in the park for two hours yesterday afternoon.

• had been walking

• walks

• walked

• would walk

_____she decided to relax with a book, she had finished her work.

• As

• While

• By the time

• for

I was cooking dinner _____ My mother was watching TV.

• while

• when

• By the time

• since