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B2 Past Tense Review

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  • She was staring out of the window, when the postman ______ into the yard.
    used to come
    came
    had been coming
    had come
  • She had enormous difficulty recallng the complex problem that she _______ to memory the previous night.
    was committing
    had been committed
    used to commit
    had committed
  • As soon a Sharon _______ her mother´s message, she ______ on her bike and _____ home.
    had been getting, had jumped, rode
    got, jumped, rode
    had got, had jumped, had ridden
    was getting, was jumping, was riding
  • We were furious, because we _____ for over three hours.
    waited
    used to wait
    had been waiting
    have waited
  • My dad __________ lots of exotice places when he _______ a tour guide.
    had visited - been
    used to visit - was
    visited - was being
    was visiting - had been
  • She _______ her pony for two hours every day when she was a child.
    used to ride
    has ridden
    had been riding
    was riding
  • I always _________ when I was preparing for an exam in high school.
    used to worry
    had worried
    had been worrying
    was worrying
  • The waiter was so busy that he brought us a plate that we ________ .
    had not been ordering
    had not ordered
    were not ordering
    didn´t used to order
  • When I was in grade school, I _________ about two hours of homework every day.
    was doing
    had been doing
    had done
    used to do
  • He regularly used to participate in running races until his health _______.
    was deteriorating
    deteriorated
    used to deteriorate
    had been deteriorated
  • I _______ the series regularly for two years, but then I had to miss all of last month´s episodes..
    was watching
    watched
    had been watching
    had watched
  • The hurricane completely destroyed the house that they ______ the year before.
    had built
    have built
    were building
    used to build
  • When he ____________, he found a wallet with tons of money in it.
    had been walking
    had walked
    walked
    was walking
  • He _______ for more than two months before the teacher caught him.
    had been cheating
    has cheated
    used to cheat
    were cheating
  • Whey they were younger, they _______ their holidays in Italy.
    had been spending
    were spending
    had spent
    used to spend
  • Fortunately, we ________ under a bridge when it started to rain really hard.
    used to walk
    walked
    were walking
    had walked
  • I must have dropped the teacher´s paper that she _______ me to take to the office.
    had been giving
    used to give
    was giving
    had given
  • They _______ when they suddenly saw a shark.
    scuba dived
    had scuba dived
    used to be scuba diving
    were scuba diving
  • When I got to the stadium, I found that my friends _____ the tickets.
    used to buy
    had been buying
    bought
    had already bought
  • She anxiously _________ the parcel, quickly examened the contents, and then ______ it.
    opened - discarded
    had opened - discarded
    used to open - was discading
    was opening - had discarded
  • During her three years in London, she seldom ________ with other young people.
    socialized
    was socialising
    had been socialising
    had socialised
  • When my parents got home, they saw that the babysitter _________ the baby to bed.
    used to put
    had already put
    already was putting
    has already
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