Past tenses

By the time my mom arrived home, I .......... (finish) my homework.

While she ....... ( play) football, I ....... ( read) a book)

• was playing / read

• was playing / was reading

• played / read

• was playing / werw reading

My mom ....... ( be/ never) to Berlin before.

They boy ...... ( not / pay) interest during the lessons.

• wasn't playing

• wasn't paying

• weren't paying

• isn't paying

When I went to school, my mom ...... (start) to clean the kitchen.

She had a headache because she had been studying all morning.

• an action that was in development in moment of the past previous to other moment in the past

• an action that was in development in a specific moment of the recent past

• an action that ocurred in the past previous to another past

When the man ...... (see) what was happening, he suddenly ....... ( stop) walking.

• saw / stopped

• saw / stopt

• was seeing / was stopping

• had seen / stopped

Laura ....... ( writing) all morning so her wrist got swollen.

While the teacher was busy writing, the students ....... (sneak) back to the playground.

Toby ...... ( bark) so so loud that he ....... (lose) his voice.

• barkked / lost

• had been barking / lost

• was barking / were losing

• has been barking / is losing