Past Simple
Past Continuous
Past Perfect
Past Perfect Continuous
Present Perfect
13

Deep in my heart there _______ a trembling question. (be)

was

13

Jim ________ by the sink while her mom was cooking dinner. (play)

was playing

13

By the time the movie started they ___ already _____ their seats. (find)

had found

13

He _______ at the company for 3 years before he got promoted. (work)

had been working

13

They _____ never _____ sushi before, and they still _____ tried it by the time they visited Japan. (eat, have)

had, eaten, hadn't

69

 I ______ to take you from Paris to San Francisco. (want)

wanted

69

I _______ for hours after I heard the bad news. (shake)

was shaking

69

After they ____ at the restaurant, they went for a walk by the beach. (eat)

had eaten

69

She ________ the piano for hours before she took a break. (play)

had been playing

69

By the time she arrived, I _____ already _____. (leave)

had, left

404

When we _____ kids, when we ______ young, things ______ so perfect. (be, be, seem)

were, were seemed

404

I ran home because I got a call, that my roof _________. (burn)

was burning

404

After the concert, we found out that the band ________ their next performance. (cancel)

had cancelled

404

___ the team _________ hard before the tournament started? (practice)

had, been practicing

404

_____ he just _____ the homework when the teacher asked for it? (finish)

had, finished

420

Mr Bennet _______ among the earliest of those who _______ on Mr Bingley. (be, wait)

was, waited

420

We _________ lunch because an uninvited guest appeared and refused to leave. (not enjoy)

were not enjoying

420

He was surprised to learn that she _______ her application. (withdraw)

had withdrawn

420

By the time we found her she _______ through the forest for hours. (wander)

had been wandering

420

We _____ barely _____ the heavy wooden door, which had been stuck for days, when a sudden downpour _____, drenching everything in sight. (open, begin)

had, opened, began

80085

Elizabeth ______ as little as civility would allow, and _______ down again, she only ________ at Darcy once. (say, sit, glance)

said, sat, glanced

80085

I _______ when my friend called me to hang out. (study)

was studying

80085

___ you _______ your essay before the deadline? (submit)

had submitted

80085

I was exhausted because I _______ the furniture all afternoon by myself. (rearrange)

had been rearranging

80085

After the storm, we realized the ancient oak tree, which had stood for centuries, _____ _____ completely _____ by lightning and _____ into splinters across the yard. (destroy, shatter)

had been completely destroyed, ...and shattered