Past Tenses
  • 1. Yesterday, I __________ (go) to the library to study.
A) had goed
B) had gone
C) had went
D) have gone
E) went
  • 2. She __________ (watch) TV when I called her.
A) have watched
B) was watching
C) has watched
D) was watch
E) had watched
  • 3. By the time we arrived, the train __________ (leave).
A) has left
B) had leaved
C) had left
D) have left
E) leaved
  • 4. They __________ (play) soccer for two hours before the rain started.
A) have been played
B) had left
C) has been played
D) has been playing
E) had been playing
  • 5. Last night at 8 p.m., he __________ (eat) dinner.
A) ate
B) were eating
C) was ate
D) had eaten
E) was eating
  • 6. While we __________ (walk) in the park, it started to rain.
A) were walking
B) were walked
C) had been walking
D) had walked
E) had walked
  • 7. Before he moved to the city, he __________ (live) in a small town.
A) had lived
B) lived
C) has lived
D) had live
E) will have live
  • 8. She __________ (read) that book before the test.
A) were read
B) has read
C) had reading
D) had read
E) was reading
  • 9. At 6:00 yesterday, I __________ (drive) home from work.
A) had driven
B) were driving
C) was driving
D) had been drive
E) drove
  • 10. They __________ (study) all morning before the exam.
A) was studying
B) studied
C) had study
D) had been studying
E) were studied
  • 11. By the time the teacher entered, the students __________ (clean) the classroom already.
A) cleaned
B) have cleaned
C) had cleaned
D) cleaned
E) were cleaning
  • 12. While I __________ (clean) the room, my brother was sleeping.
A) was cleaned
B) cleaned
C) had cleaned
D) was cleaning
E) have cleaned
  • 13. We __________ (not/visit) that place before last summer.
A) have visited
B) were visiting
C) hadn't visited
D) was visited
E) visited
  • 14. He __________ (wait) for an hour before the doors opened.
A) waited
B) were waiting
C) was waited
D) had been waiting
E) have waited
  • 15. She __________ (cook) when the guests arrived.
A) was cooking
B) cooked
C) had been cooking
D) have cooked
E) were cooking
  • 16. We __________ (already/eat) when she offered us food.
A) was already reading
B) read
C) had already eaten
D) has read
E) was reading
  • 17. They __________ (have) dinner when the lights went out.
A) has had
B) was having
C) were having
D) had had
E) had
  • 18. Before I got home, I __________ (call) my mom.
A) were calling
B) have called
C) called
D) was calling
E) had called
  • 19. They __________ (run) for 30 minutes before it started raining.
A) have run
B) had been running
C) was running
D) runned
E) were running
  • 20. While she __________ (paint), her phone rang.
A) had painted
B) has painted
C) were painting
D) was painting
E) painted
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