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Past tenses

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

She ............. a book

when the phone .............

a)

read/ rang

b)

was reading/

rang

c)

was reading/ was ringign

d)

read/ was ringing

2.

My son ............... a coin

when he ...............

a)

was finding/was walking

b)

found/walked

c)

found/was walking

d)

was finding/walked

3.

She ............ her hair

when the postman ..............

a)

did/was coming

b)

did/came

c)

was doing/was coming

d)

was doing/came

4.

When they ...............

we ............... for the bus.

a)

arrived/were waiting

b)

arrived/waited

c)

were arriving/waited

d)

were arriving/were waiting

5.

The mixer ........... down

when I ............... dinner.

a)

broke/was cooking

b)

was breaking/was cooking

c)

broke/cooked

d)

was breaking/cooked

6.

They .............

that we .............. them.

a)

were noticing/watched

b)

were noticing/were watching

c)

noticed/watched

d)

noticed/were watching

7.

The teacher ................. angry

because we .............

a)

was/were talking

b)

was/talked

c)

was being/were talking

d)

was being/talked

8.

I ............... him

when he ................... the cakes.

a)

saw/ate

b)

saw/was eating

c)

was seeing/ate

d)

was seeing/was eating

9.

When the light ............. out,

I ................. a bath.

a)

were going/had

b)

went/had

c)

were going/was having

d)

went/was having

10.

I ...............(sit) in a cafe when you .................(call) .

(a)  

11.

Susie........ (watch) a film when she ............(hear) the noise.

(a)  

12.

When I ..................(leave) the house, it................ (snow).

(a)