Last Friday, Mrs. Anderson _____ (plan) to have a delicious dinner. She _____ (buy) a T-bone steak and some cream and apples for an apple pie.
Planned
Bought
100
I ________ - I didn't hear you come in.
a) was sleeping b) slept
a) was sleeping
100
What (you, do) ___________________ when you heard that noise?
I (try) ___________________ to change a light bulb that had burnt out.
were you doing
100
Frank _______________ (finish) his lunch and ____________ (ring) his friend
Jason.
1) finished
2) rang
100
When I phoned my friends, they __________ (play) Monopoly.
were playing
200
When she _____ (come) home from the shops she put her shopping on the table. While she ____ (set) the table, her two pets sat underneath it and watched her.
1) came
2) was shopping
200
I ________ to see her twice, but she wasn't home.
a) was coming b) came
b) came
200
I (try) ___________________ to change a light bulb that had burnt out.
was trying
200
Jason ____________ (watch) TV when Fran______________ (phone) him.
1) was watching
2) phoned
200
We (not / cycle) ____________ all day.
did not
300
Then she ____ (go) to the kitchen to make the pastry for the pie. While she ____ (make) the pastry, the dog jumped on a chair and looked longingly at the steak.
1) go
2) was making
300
What ________? I was watching TV.
a) did you do b) were you doing
b) were you doing
300
The doctor (say) ___________________ that Brian (be) _________________ too
weak to go to work and that he (need) ___________________ to stay at home
for a couple of days.
1) said
2) was
3) needed
300
He ____________ (turn off) the TV when he ____________ (hear) the phone ringing. They ________________ (decide) what to do when Jason ______________ (suggest) going to the club.
1) turned off
2) heard
3) were deciding
4) suggested
300
While Aaron (work) __________ in his room, his friends
(swim)______________ in the pool.
1) was working
2) were swimming
400
At last it ___ (take) the steak in its mouth and _____ (jump) off the chair, just as Mrs. Anderson was coming back into the dining room. Mrs. Anderson ____ (scream), but the dog ran into the garden.
1) took
2) jumped
3) screamed
400
Robin Hood was a character who ________ from the rich and gave
to the poor.
a) stole b) was stealing
a) stole
400
My best friend (arrive) ___________________ at my house a little before 9:00 pm, but I (be, not) ___________________ there. I (study) ___________________ at the library for my final examination in Italian.
1) arrived
2) was not
3) was studying
400
Frank ________ (go) and ______ (pick up) Jason and they _________ (drive) to the tennis club. Two other people _______________(use) their tennis court when they ______________ (arrive).
1) went
2) picked up
3) drove
4) were using
5) arrived
400
I (practice) _____________ the guitar when he came home.
was practicing
500
Mrs. Anderson ___(do) not manage to catch the
dog, and she came back into the dining room. Poor Mrs.
Anderson ___ (have) no dinner, only a dirty tablecloth and a broken window.
1) did
2) had
500
Hey, did you talk to her? Yes, I ________ to her
a) was talking b) talked
b) talked
500
After I (find) ___________________ the wallet full of money, I (go, immediately)___________________ to the police and (turn) ___________________ it in.
1) found
2) went
3) turned
500
They ______________________ (drink) a soda and ____________________(eat) a sandwich while they _____________________(wait) to play. While they _______________ (play), it ________ (start) to rain so they ______________________ (have) to stop playing.
1) drank
2) ate
3) were waiting
4) were playing
5) started
6) had
500
I went to my bedroom and my
mother ___________ (clean) the carpet with the vacuum cleaner.