Past Tenses

Jack … (play) online games for an hour before I came.

• had been playing

• played

• was playing

• were playing

When I called at his house, he ... (to spend) his time in the garden.

• was spending

• spent

• had been spending

• had spend

She ... (to look) very tired as she ... (to work) hard.

• looks, has been working

• looked, worked

• looked, had worked

• was looking, had worked

The telegram ... (to come) some minutes after he ... (to leave).

• had come, left

• came, left

• had come, had left

• had been coming, had left

He ... (to want) to visit the place where he ... (to live) for 7 years in his childhood.

• wanted, had been lived

• wanted, had been living

• had wanted, lived

• wanted, lived

When the rain ... (to stop) I ... (to look) out of the window and ... (to see) John who ... (to stand) under a tree waiting for me.

• stopped, looked, seen, had been standing

• had stopped, looked, seen, were standing

• stopped, looked, saw, was standing

• stopped, looked, saw, stand

He ... (to run out) of the house before I ... (to have) time to ask him anything.

• was running out, had had

• had run out, had had

• run out, had

• had run out. had

When we ... (call) them, they ... (talk) to her friend.

• were calling, talked

• called, talked

• called, were talking

• had called, had talked

By nine o’clock yesterday grandmother ... (to wash) the dishes.

• had washed

• washed

• was washing

• had been washing

She ... (go) to the library yesterday

• gone

• goed

• had gone

• went