Question

Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect or Past Perfect
Continuous?
A.
1. My brother and sister (play) tennis at 11 o’clock
yesterday.
2. When I (come) home last night, the house (be) dark and
silent. Everybody either (go) to bed or (leave) for the
fireworks.
3. After she (dine), she (leave) for the library.
4. You still (work) at 7 p.m. last night when I called you?
5. They (wait) at the station for 90 minutes when the train
finally arrived.
6. Before he (come) to Warsaw, he (live) in Prague.
7. We (look for) the ring for two hours when at last we
(find) it in the bathroom.
8. I (not/walk) for a long time, when it suddenly began to
rain.
9. At 8.30 today I (drive) to work when my boss called
me.
2 10. He told me he never (be) to Australia before.
11. How long (she/learn) English before she went to London?
12. I couldn’t get in because I (lose) my keys.
13. After Harry (make) himself a sandwich, he (pour) some tea
and (let) it to cool.
14. They (eat) all the chocolate cake by the time Michael got to
the party.
15. When I (walk) through Oxford, I (think) about the good
times I (spend) there as a student.
16. As soon as he (finish) mowing the lawn, he (start) cutting
the bushes.
17. She asked me if I (be) away on holiday.
18. We (sleep) this night when the neighbours (come) home
from the country.
19. He (drive) less than an hour when he ran out of petrol.
20. After I (write) the letter, I (see) it was too late to post it.
21. They (cycle) all day so their legs were sore in the evening.
22. While mother (have) lunch, we (tell) her our impressions
from the excursion.

Answer 1

1-played
2- came,was,went,left
3- dine,left
4-worked
5-waited
6-came , lived
7-looked for , found
8-didn't walk
9-drove
10-was
11-did she learn
12-lost
13- made, poured
14- ate
15- walked, thought, spent
16- finished, started
17-was
18- sleept, came
19- drove
20- wrot , saw
21-cycled
22- had, told