My Perspectives 3, lesson 5C: Present and past forms

This month we _____ away for three days. We’ve already booked a hotel.

• go

• went

• are going

• have gone

Phil _____ in Denmark for five years. Then he moved back to England.

• lived

• was living

• had lived

• had been living

The passengers _____ the plane while the pilot was getting ready for a take-off.

• boarded

• were boarding

• had boarded

• had been boarding

Paula _____ France a few times before she decided to study there.

• visited

• had visited

• was visiting

• had been visiting

Whenever we go backpacking, we _____ at a campsite.

• are always staying

• always stay

• always stayed

• were always staying

Mike _____ for a few years before he finally went to Japan.

• was saving

• saved

• had saved

• had been saving

When Jim lived in London, he _____ jogging in Hyde Park every day.

• went

• was going

• had gone

• had been going

This year I _____ much as I have some health problems.

• didn’t travel

• don’t travel

• am not travelling

• wasn't travelling

When the train finally arrived, they _____ at the station for more than three hours.

• were waiting

• waited

• had waited

• had been waiting

Mitch _____ some Spanish before he went on a trip to South America.

• learnt

• had learnt

• was learning

• learns