I Underline the correct option, using one of Past Tenses

1) The police arrested three men who robbed / were robbing a bank in the High Street.
2) Did you arrive / Were you arriving at the airport on time?
3) He had studied / had been studying all night and was exhausted.
4) When she got paid, Julie realized that her boss gave / had given her a pay rise.
5) Nicole was closing / closed the windows, was setting / set the alarm and was leaving / left the house.
6) The lawnmower was breaking / broke down while Steve was mowing / mowed the lawn.
7) They had travelled / had been travelling for 6 hours before they reached their destination.
8) I walked / was walking on the beach in Bali this time last week.
9) By the time Samuel had entered/ entered the house, the phone stopped / had stopped ringing.
10) How long is it since you moved / had moved here?

II Put the verbs in brackets into the correct Past tense

1) Leslie_ (call) to tell me she_ (leave) her purse at home.
2) Andrea _ (practice) the piano every day for six months before she _ (enter) the competition.
3) The children _ (be) sad because they _ (lose) their dog.
4) Ann _ (drop) two cups while she _ (wash up) last night, but neither of the cups _ (break).
5) I _ (finish) my work by afternoon and _ (sit) quietly in my armchair, thinking of the days that _ (pass) by.
6) Keri _ (be) angry. She _ (wait) for Peter for two hours.
7) _ you _ (have) enough to eat at the party? Yes. Sarah _(make) a lot of food before.
8) What _ you _ (do) at eight o’clock last night? I _ (watch) TV. Why?
9) I _ (already/eat) breakfast by the time the others _ (wake up).
10) It _ (snow) for three days when suddenly the sun _ (come out).

III Complete the sentences by putting the words and phrases in the correct order

E. g. abroad/travel/two hundred/used to/by ship/
People used to travel abroad by ship two hundred years ago.

1) The film/I/didn’t want/already seen/to watch/because/had/
I _ it five times.
2) On the train/yesterday/sitting/at this time/was/
He _ morning.
3) All day/were/had been/and/the roads/raining/
It _ very wet.
4) Read/the present/and/opened/
Pam _ the card.
5) Adam/was painting/was gardening/while/
Lucy _ the kitchen.