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English File Inter Past tenses Unit 5

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  • Jim ........ basketball player for ten years before he became a coach.
    was
    been
    had been
    has been
  • We couldn't find our bikes, because someone ...... them.
    had stolen
    had been stolen
    had been stealing
    had stealt
  • Tina  .... her parents before she went shopping.
    had been visiting
    has visited
    was visiting
    visited
  • She ..... for two hours before she decided to take a break.
    had been writing
    was writing
    was written
    had written
  • They .... go to bed until the film had finished.
    didn't gone
    hadn't gone
    haven't gone
    didn't go
  • When I ....... the light, I left the room.
    had been switching off
    was switching off
    switched off
    had switched off
  • I was making a sandwich when ....... my finger.
    cut
    was cutting
    cuted
    had been cutting
  • She was crying because she ...  the plane.
    had missed
    missed
    has missed
    was missing
  • When I left home this morning, the sun ...
    had been shining.
    shone.
    shine.
    was shining.
  • She was running in the park when she .... her friend.
    seen
    saw
    had seen
    was seeing
  • When I received her email,  ....... .
    I read it.
    I was reading 
    I had read it.
    I had been reading it.
  • While I ...... my bike to school this morning, I saw an accident.
    ridden
    rode
    had been riding
    was riding
  • What  ...... at 3 o'clock yesterday?
    were you doing
    did you do
    you did
    had been doing
  • It was the saddest story  ......................
    I was heard
    I heard
    I have ever heard
    I had ever heard
  • As she was leaving the shop, she .... somebody call her 
    has heard
    was hearing
    heard
    had heard
  • When we arrived at the station, a lot of people ..... to buy tickets.
    was waiting
     waiting
    were waiting
    had been waiting
  • After Zosia ...... the dishes, she took a dog for a walk.
    had been washing
    was washing
    washed
    had washed
  • When we ....... little, we used to go everywhere by bus.
    been
    was
    had been
    were
  • .......... my pyjamas and got to bed.
    I was putting on
    I had put on
    I put on
    I I putted on
  • He .... for an hour before his bus arrived.
    had waited
    waited
    was waiting
    had been waiting
  • She .... her ticket and got on  the train.
    had bought
    buyed
    bought
    has bought
  • I was having lunch when my friend ..... me on my mobile.
    was calling
    had called
    were calling
    called
  • Kim ..... cooking until Jason had arrived.
    didn't start
    had started
    wasn't starting
    had been starting
  • I ..... the bus at 8:45.
    had caught
    catched
    was catching
    caught
  • I ........ Janet since she moved to her new house.
    haven't seen
    didn't see
    hadn't seen
    wasn't seeing
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