PAST TENSES

a) Choose the correct tense:

When I ______ at the station, the train had already left.

• arrived

• was arriving

• had arrived

She ______ a book when the phone rang.

• had read

• was reading

• read

By the time she got home, they ______ dinner.

• were already finishing

• already finished

• had already finished

I ______ to school yesterday when it started to rain.

• walked

• was walking

• had walked

They ______ football all afternoon.

• were playing

• played

• had played

b) Fill in the blanks with the correct past tense:

I ______ (finish) my homework before I watched TV.

While she ______ (cook), someone knocked on the door.

We ______ (never / be) to Paris before last summer.

He _____ (run) when he fell and hurt his knee.

By 10 p.m., they ______ (already / go) to bed.