Past tenses

She looked tired. She … flowers all morning.

• planted

• was planting

• had been planting

• had planted

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1C

I … volleyball when the ball hit my head.

• was playing

• played

• had played

• had been playing

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1C

His clothes were dirty because he … painting the walls.

• was finished

• finished

• had finished

• had been finishing

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

When I was five my parents … a piano for me.

• were buying

• had been buying

• had bought

• bought

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1C

Kim … when her sister opened the door.

• was dancing

• danced

• had danced

• had been dancing

He … the grass for an hour when suddenly the lawn-mower broke down.

• was cutting

• had been cutting

• had cut

• cut

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1C

First I … my coat, then I went to the bathroom.

• had taken off

• had been taking off

• was taking off

• took off

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1C

Yesterday I woke up late.

• an action which happened at a stated time in the past

• an action that was in progress at a stated time in the past

• an action in progress in the past emphasising duration interrupted by another past action

• an action that happened before another action in the past

I was studying for my exams all last week.

• an action that was in progress at a stated time in the past

• an action which happened at a stated time in the past

• an action in progress in the past emphasising duration interrupted by another past action

• an action that happened before another action in the past

I was working in the garden when it started to rain.

• an action which happened at a stated time in the past

• an action that was in progress at a stated time in the past

• an action in progress in the past emphasising duration interrupted by another past action

• an action that happened before another action in the past