Spotlight 9. Lesson 3C. Past tenses

Choose the correct verb form. The two boys came into the house. One had a black eye and the other a cut lip. They ___ .

Choose the correct verb form. Our clothes were wet because we ___ in the rain.

Choose the correct verb form. He had been away for many years and when he visited his native town, he saw that it ___ greatly.

Choose the correct verb form. I saw Paul at the airport. He ___ for his brother's plane to arrive from Canada.

Choose the correct verb form. Rescue workers ___ a man, a woman, and two children from cold rushing water.

Choose the correct verb form. My mum ___ for 3 hours before the guests arrived.

Choose the correct verb form. When Alice was small, she ___ of darkness and always slept with the light on.

Choose the correct verb form. Suddenly they heard a strange noise and ___ at each other in horror.

Choose the correct verb form. It wasn't raining when I left my office in the evening, but the ground was wet. It ___ all day.

Choose the correct verb form. Alan ___ out almost every day last year, but now he can't afford it.

Choose the correct verb form. George ___ in London in 1997.

Choose the correct verb form. Lucy ___ her seat belt before the accident happened that's why she was badly hurt.

Choose the correct verb form. He was taken to the police station because he ___ into a car in front of him.

Choose the correct verb form. The trouble started when she ___ control of her car on a narrow mountain road.