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