Test 4

1. Where … yesterday?

1. did you be

2. had you been

3. did you were

4. were you

2. This time yesterday we … in a deck chair on the beach.

1. were sitting

2. sat

3. had been sitting

4. had sat

3. Where you … for your holiday in the end?

1. did went

2. did go

3. had gone

4. went

4. Alan ... out almost every day last year, but now he can’t afford it. 

1. used to eat

2. ate

3. had eaten

4. eated

5. Before I went to bed I decided to check the front door. I was sure my sister ... it. And I was right!  

1. didn’t lock

2. hadn’t locked

3. locked

4. had locked

6. I handed Betsy today’s newspaper, but she didn’t want it. She ... it during her lunch.

1. read

2. had been reading

3. had read

4. was reading

7. Mrs. Robson died in her sleep. Her doctor told me she ... from a weak heart for some time.

1. was suffering

2. had been suffering

3. suffered

4. had suffered

8. A man once built a house and ... his friends to visit him.

1. had invited

2. was inviting

3. invited

4. had been inviting

9. Margaret didn’t wear her shoes; she was barefoot. She ... on a piece of broken glass and cut her foot.

1. stepped

2. had stepped

3. was stepping

4. had been stepping

10. Hardly .... the place of our destination when it became quite dark.

1. had we reached

2. we reached

3. we were reaching

4. we had been reaching

11. I saw Paul at the airport. He ... for his brother’s plane to arrive from Canada.

1. had been waiting

2. was waiting

3. waited

4. had waited

12. Suddenly they heard a strange noise and ... at each other in horror.

1. looked

2. were looking

3. had looked

4. had been looking

13. Lucy ... her seatbelt before the accident happened that’s why she was badly hurt.

1. didn’t wear

2. wasn’t wearing

3. hadn’t worn

4. hadn’t been wearing

14. He was taken to the police station because he ... into a car in front of him.

1. crashed

2. had crashed

3. didn’t crash

4. was crashing

15. When Mary came back, she looked very red from the sun. She ... in the sun too long.

1. had been lying

2. was lying

3. had lain

4. lay

16. The two boys came into the house. One had a black eye and the other a cut lip. They ... .

1. had been fighting

2. had fought

3. fought

4. were fighting

17. I didn’t see Linda last month because she ... around Europe at that time.

1. travelled

2. was travelling

3. had travelled

4. had been travelling

18. He had been away for many years and when he visited his native town, he saw that it ... greatly. 

1. changed

2. was changing

3. had been changing

4. had changed

19. John ... down the road when he fell.

1. walked

2. was walking

3. had walked

4. has walked

20. John ... to London seven years ago.

1. went

2. had gone was going

3. has gone

4. had gone