Past Tenses Review

Choose the correct option. We were late. The meeting (start) an hour before.

Choose the correct option. They (sit) in the room when the taxi arrived.

Choose the correct option. He (stay) at the hotel for a fortnight when he received your letter.

Choose the correct option. He was tired because he (work) hard in the garden all day.

Choose the correct option. First I (answer) the phone, and then I read your letter.

Choose the correct option. I saw a nice kitten when I (open) the basket.

Choose the correct option. Alice closed the magazine and rose from the sofa on which she (lie) for more than two hours.

Choose the correct option. My sister always goes to work by car but last week she (go) to work on foot.

Choose the correct option. I began writing to you instead of going to the seaside as I (plan) before.

Choose the correct option. He quickly forgot everything he (learn) at school.

Choose the correct option. We (walk) along a forest road for two hours when we saw a house.

Choose the correct option. A man (be) unconscious for a few minutes when the ambulance arrived.

Choose the correct option. When they came into the classroom, the teacher (explain) the rule.

Choose the correct option. I saw a light in your window as I (pass) by.

Choose the correct option. I (talk) over the phone when you brought me a letter.