Past Tenses

I was very late. When I arrived, the conference _____.

• was already starting

• started

• had already started

When he heard the police knocking on the door, he ____ under the bed.

• hid

• had hiden

• were hiding

The police arrested him because he _____ a gun.

• carried

• was carrying

• had carried

When they arrived at the police station, he said that he _____ anything wrong.

• didn't do

• wasn't doing

• hadn't done

When he said that he loved me, I knew that he _____.

• lied

• was lying

• had lied

I looked at him and I knew he _____ in a fight, because he had a black eye.

• was

• was being

• had been

He pulled out a gun and everybody _____ away.

• ran

• was running

• had run

When I was a child, we _____ anywhere at weekends; it was boring.

• never went

• were never going

• had never gone

When he retired he _____ in the company for more than 50 years.

• was

• had been

• was being

I _____ to the road and we crashed.

• didn't pay attention

• wasn't paying attention

• hadn't paid attention