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Past Tenses

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  • Q1

    I ______ the book when you called me.

    read

    had read

    was reading

    had been reading

    20s
  • Q2

    By the time I arrived, she ________ already left.

    left

    was

    had 

    had been

    30s
  • Q3

    They ________ football when it started raining.

    had been playing

    played

    were playing

    had played

    30s
  • Q4

    She ________ to the store when I saw her yesterday.

    was going

    had gone

    had been going

    went

    30s
  • Q5

    I ________ in the park when I found the lost wallet.

    had walked

    had been walking

    was walking

    walked

    30s
  • Q6

    By the time we reached the station, the train ________ .

    had been leaving

    left

    had left

    was leaving

    30s
  • Q7

    We ________ dinner when our friends knocked on the doodr.

    had

    have

    were having

    had had

    30s
  • Q8

    She ________ for two hours before she finally took the exam.

    was studying

    had studied

    studied

    had been studying

    30s
  • Q9

    I ________ the car when it started raining.

    cleaned

    was cleaning

    had cleaned

    had been cleaning

    30s
  • Q10

    They  __________  their homework by the time the lesson started.

    finished

    had finished

    were finishing

    had been finishing

    30s
  • Q11

    When I met her, she ________ in London for five years.

    had been living

    lived

    was living

    had lived

    30s
  • Q12

    I ________ to the store when it started to snow.

    had been going

    had gone

    went

    was going

    30s
  • Q13

    We  ________   for hours before we finally found the hotel

    walked

    were walking

    had walked

    had been walking

    30s
  • Q14

    While I ________ the report, I got a phone call.

    had been writing

    wrote

    was writing

    had written

    30s
  • Q15

    What ________ at five yesterday evening?

    had you done

    did you do

    had you been doing

    were you doing

    30s

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