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B2 Past Tense Review

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