1) I heard a knock at the front door so I ..................... to answer it. a) went b) was going 2) At this time yesterday, I ...................................... an essay a) wrote b) was writing 3) The football season ............................ a month ago. a) began b) was beginning 4) She ...................................... from school in 2001. a) had graduated b) graduated 5) We entered the house quietly because everyone .................................. a) was sleeping b) had slept 6) By the time we ......................... to the cinema, the film had already started. a) got b) had got 7) The children ........................... in the garden while their parents were watching them. a) were playing b) played 8) They ................ many hours before we arrived. a) had left b) left 9) She wore the shoes she ................... the previous day. a) was buying b) bought c) had bought 10) I fell as I .................... for the bus. a) ran b) was running c) had run 11) What .................she ................. when he asked her to marry him? a) had..... said b) was ....saying c) did ......say 12) When I was a student, I ............................... much money. a) didn't have b) hadn't have c) wasn't having 13) Why ...............she still ............... at one o’clock in the morning? a) had..........worked b) did............work c) was..........working 14) I was happy to see her, because we ..................... each other for years a) didn't see b) hadn't seen c) weren't seeing 15) By the time we got to the shop, a long queue ................. already .......................... outside. a) had......... formed b) was......... forming c) formed 16) Choose the sentence which is closer in meaning to the original: I had already seen the film but I decided to watch it again last night a) I watched the film last night for the first time. b) Last night wasn’t the first time that I had seen the film. 17) The boys were playing football while it was raining. a) The boys were playing football until it started to rain b) The boys played football in the rain 18) I was writing an e-mail when our computer broke down. a) Our computer broke down before I wrote an e-mail. b) I had started writing an e-mail and then our computer broke down. 19) My aunt bought me a lovely gift after she had spent the summer holiday with us. a) When the summer holiday was over, my aunt bought me a lovely gift. b) While my aunt was spending the summer holiday with us, she bought us a lovely gift.

Past Tenses B1

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