Past Tenses

Where _____ you _____ this car?

• was ... buy

• did ... bought

• did ... buy

• have ... buy

Alexander Graham Bell ____________ the telephone.

• did invented

• invented

• was invented

I _______________English all afternoon yesterday.

• learnt

• was learning

• were learning

• had learnt

I ______________ (still / have) breakfast when he rang me up.

• still had

• still had had

• was still having

It ____________ (still / rain) when the dam broke.

• still rained

• still had rained

• was still raining

I _________ up, _________ and _________ breakfast.

• was getting ... was dressing... was having

• got... dressed ... had

• had got... dressed... had

• had got... had dressed... had had

While I ___________TV, mother __________ and my sister __________ the table.

• watched... cooked... laid

• was watching... was cooking... was laying

• had watched... had cooked... had laid

He ____________ (already / leave) when I arrived.

• has already left

• had already left

• was already left

They ___________ (to leave) at half past ten.

• had left

• left

• was leaving

The standards of living in Europe ___________up during the 1960s.

• had done

• had gone

• went

• had went