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Past Tenses

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mrs. Smith was busy last weekend because her grandchildren ________ with her.

a)

stayed

b)

had stayed

c)

had been staying

d)

were staying

2.

The trouble started when Mrs. Leslie Cady ___________ control of her car on a narrow mountain road.

a)

had been losing

b)

was losing

c)

had lost

d)

lost

3.

When Nik was small, he ________ of darkness and always slept with the light on.

a)

was afraid

b)

afraided

c)

had been afraid

d)

afraid

4.

While children ________ in the garden, their father was hurriedly cooking dinner.

a)

had played

b)

had been played

c)

played

d)

were playing

5.

Who _______ in this house before they pulled it down?

a)

lived

b)

had lived

c)

had been living

d)

was living

6.

The two girls came into the oldest house. One had a green eye and the other a cut lip. They _____________ .

a)

had been fighting

b)

fought

c)

had fought

d)

were fighting

7.

Yesterday Tom came up to a stranger who looked like Alice Faster and started talking to her. But she wasn't Alice. It was clear I _________ a mistake.

a)

made

b)

had made

c)

was making

d)

had been making

8.

I saw Katarina at the airport. She ____________ for her sister's plane to arrive from New York.

a)

waited

b)

had waited

c)

was waiting

d)

had been waiting