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Past tenses
For each sentence, choose the best word or phrase to complete the gap from the choices below
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1. When we arrived in London it was sunny but all the streets were wet so it _ raining
A probably B probably was C had probably been D probably have been
2. First we to the supermarket to buy the food and then we went to the off license to buy the beer for the party
A went B were going C gone D had gone
3. When we for six hours we were very tired and we decided to stop for a rest
A were walking B had walked C had walking D walked
4. When I arrived at the party, dinner had already started and everybody
A ate B was eating C was eaten D has eaten
5. When all the guests home after the party we discovered that somebody had broken the toilet seat
A went B gone C have gone D had gone
6. While I _ along the street yesterday morning, I met somebody who I had been at school with twenty years ago
A walked B was walking C had walked D had been walking
7. When I looked in the cupboard I saw that I _ any more coffee because I had drunk it all
A didn't have B wasn't having C hadn't had D hadn't been having
8. When Dilea arrived for her morning class, the classroom was empty because all the students
in the computer room
A worked B had worked C were working D had been working
9. At ten to nine on Friday morning, I was running as fast as possible to school because my alarm clock
_ off
A didn't go B wasn't going C hadn't been going D hadn't gone
10. Last night, the children were very scared. I think one of them _ a ghost
A saw B had seen C was seeing D seen
11. When Samuel returned to Switzerland he was very fit. During his time in England he ten miles every day
A walked B was walking C had walked D had been walking
12. When I went to Australia, I a kangaroo before
A didn't ever see B wasn't seeing C had never seen D hadn't been seeing
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