Multiple choice 1
My daughter __________ her arm in the summer.
A) breaked
B) broke
C) had broken
D) was breaking
B) broke
We use the _________________ to talk about single completed actions.
A) simple past
B) past perfect
C) past progressive
D) past perfect progressive
A) simple past
I ____________ (open) my front door when I ___________ (hit) myself in the face with it.
was opening, hit
I worked/had worked part-time in that store when I was at university.
worked
I told John not to drive, because he _____ all night.
a.drank
b.was drinking
c.had drunk
d.had been drinking
d. had been drinking
Where ________________ last night?
a) have you stayed
b) did you stay
c) were you staying
d) had you stayed
b) did you stay
We use the _____________ to make it clear that one action happened before another in the past.
A) simple past
B) past perfect
C) past progressive
D) past perfect progressive
B) past perfect
I _______________ (fall off) the ladder while I _______________ (clean) the windows and I _______________ (break) my ankle.
fell off; was cleaning; broke
I slipped while I had been getting / was getting out of the bath
was getting
Why did you change the channel? I ______ that movie.
a. watched
b. was watching
c. had watched
d. had been watching
b. was watching
They ________________ by the time we got there.
A) already left
B) already had left
C) left
D) had already left
D) had already left
We can use the ________________ to give the cause/result of a past action or situation.
A) simple past
B) past perfect
C) past perfect progressive
D) past progressive
C) past perfect progressive
I suddenly remembered where I ______________ (see) him before
had seen
I noticed that my neighbour was leaving/had left his front door open
had left
When I saw Clara I realised that she ______ much in all those years.
a. didn't change
b. wasn't changing
c. hadn't changed
d. hadn't been changing
c. hadn't changed
I ___________ the film at the cinema before they showed it on TV.
A) saw
B) was seeing
C) had seen
D) had been seeing
C) had seen
We can use the ______________ for repeated actions completed before another action.
A) past simple
B) past perfect
C) past progressive
D) past perfect progressive
B) past perfect
She had taken her driving test five times before she actually passed it.
After the baby ________________ (wake up), he started screaming
woke up
If the actions happen very close to one another in time, don’t use the past perfect, especially with before, after or when:
By the time I realised what happened/had happened, it was too late.
had happened
When he entered the room somebody _____ him in the head.
a. hit
b. was hitting
c. had hit
d. had been hitting
a. hit
Josh was exhausted because he________________ for ten hours
A) was working
B) had been working
C) had worked
D) worked
B) had been working
We use the ___________ to suggest an action was in progress around a time in the past – or around the time another action happened.
A) simple past
B) past progressive
C) past perfect
D) past perfect progressive
B) past progressive
We were both living in China when we met
I _____________________ (learn) Spanish for three years before I spoke a word!
had been learning
The factory had been making luxury goods for many years before it closed / had closed last week.
closed
I knew he _____ because his eyes were red.
a. cried
b. was crying
c. had cried
d. had been crying
d. had been crying