Past tenses - test

While I ___ (read) the book, the phone ___ (ring).

• was reading / rang
• read / was ringing
• was reading / was ringing

By the time we arrived, they ___ the party.

• had left
• left
• were leaving

He ___ to like coffee, but now he drinks it every morning.

• didn’t use
• wasn’t using
• didn’t used

When she was a child, she ___ (play) outside for hours.

• would play
• was playing
• had played

I ___ (wait) for the bus when it started raining.

• waited
• had waited
• was waiting

They ___ (live) in France for three years before they moved to Italy.

• had been living
• were living
• lived

I ___ have a cat when I was younger.

• used to
• would
• was used to

He ___ (finish) his homework before his parents came home.

• had finished
• finished
• was finishing

We ___ (watch) TV when we heard the news.

• were watching
• had watched
• used to watch

She ___ bring sweets to school when we were kids.

• would
• used to
• had