Past tenses

1. A basket of apples, oranges, and bananas ______ sent to my husband by his parents last Christmas.

• was

• has been

• had been

• were

2. I got up late because my alarm clock ______.

• hadn't gone off

• didn't go out

• didn't go off

• hadn't gone out

Peter _______ to the operating theater when the police arrived and arrested him.

• was taking

• was being taken

• was taken

• had taken

4. It is years since I ________ Tina.

• have seen

• see

• had seen

• saw

5. The phone ______ suddenly while Joanna was doing the housework.

• rang

• was ringing

• had rung

• is ringing

6. The couple ________ in the castle for several months before they noticed anything odd.

• have been living

• have lived

• had been living

• were living

7. They ________ running their own company in 1990.

• started

• have started

• are starting

• start

8. By the time Sam got home from school, his brother ____ all the cake.

• had eaten

• was eating

• has been eating

• has eaten

9. There was a knock on the door while we _______ the game show on TV.

• were enjoying

• enjoyed

• had enjoyed

• had been enjoying

10. I wondered why he ________ his job.

• has changed

• changes

• used to changed

• had changed