Verbs in Past Simple, Past Perfect, and Past Perfect Continuous

George ________________ off the ladder while he ________________ the ceiling. (fall, paint)

• fell - painted

• fell - was painting

• was falling - was painting

• was falling - painted

.Last night I ________________ in bed when I suddenly ________________ a scream. (read, hear)

• read - heard

• was reading - was hearing

• was reading - heard

• read - was hearing

The house ________________ £ 150,000 in 2003. (cost)

• cost

• costed

• was costing

• costs

________________ at school yesterday? (you / be)

• Was you

• Did you be

• You were

• Were you

While the waiter ________________ up the pieces of glass he ________________ his finger (pick, cut)

• picked - cut

• was picking - was cutting

• was picking - cut

• was picking - cutted

He ________________ guitar when someone ________________ the window and ________________ out a bucket of water. (play, open, throw)

• played - opened - threw

• was playing - was opening - was throwing

• was playing - opened - threw

• was playing - opened - throwed

She ________________ a bright yellow dress when I ________________ her last (wear, see)

• wore - saw

• was wearing - was seeing

• weared - was seeing

• was wearing - saw

They ___________________ (ALREADY LEAVE) the village before the sun ___________________ (RISE).

• had already left - rose

• had aleady left - rised

• already left - had risen

• alreary left - rose

When I ___________________ (ARRIVE) home I ___________________ (SEE) that someone ___________________ (BREAK) into my house.

• had arrived - saw - broke

• arrived - had seen - broke

• arrived - saw - had broken

• arrived - saw - broke

She ___________________ (MEET) James on the street yesterday and he ___________________ (TELL) her that he ___________________ (BE) ill for the past two weeks.

• met - told - was

• met - told - had been

• met - had told - had been

• had met - told - was