Past Tenses

She ______ college last year.

• was leaving

• left

• had left

• had been leaving

Our team _____ them yesterday.

• had defeated

• was defeating

• defeated

• had been defeating

I ______ TV when dad arrived.

• watched

• had been watching

• had watched

• was watching

Luckily, the play _____________by the time we arrived at the theatre.

• hadn't started

• didn't start

• wasn't starting

• had been starting

He ________ at home all day when she sent him a message.

• had waited

• was waiting

• were waiting

• had been waiting

The_________is used to talk about completed actions and situations which happened over a specific period of time.

• simple past

• past continuous

• past perfect

• past perfect continuous

We ... to have a cup of tea in the restaurant.

• had decided

• decided

• was deciding

• had been deciding

• had been decided

I………to the school alone yesterday

• Walked

• was Walking

• had walked

• Walking

he was . . . . . the movie while her mother . . . . . for dinner yesterday.

• watching, cooked

• watching, cooking

• watched, cooking

• had watched, cooked

You … his chicken last time.

• had been shooting

• are shooting

• had shooted

• shooted