Тест: past tenses


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1. I didn't see Linda last month because she---------------------- around Europe at that time

1) had been travelling
2) had travelled
3) was travelling
4) travelled

2. It wasn't raining when I looked out of the window; the sun was shining. But it--------- earlier. That's why the ground was wet.

1) was raining
2) rained
3) had been raining
4) had rained

3. When I was young, I--------- that people over forty were very old. Now that I am forty myself I don't think so.

1) used to think
2) was thinking
3) had thought
4) thought

4. When Alice was small, she ----------------- of darkness and always slept with the light on

1) afraided
2) was afraid
3) had been afraid
4) used to be afraid

5. Tom -------------- breakfast this morning because he didn't have any time

1) hadn't eaten
2) hadn't been eating
3) wasn't eating
4) didn't eat

6. He------------ ill for three days, so his mother wanted to bring him to a doctor, but he didn't want to go.

1) had been feeling
2) had felt
3) was feeling
4) hadn't understood

7. The Browns--------------- in a large house when their children were at home, but they moved to a small three-room apartment after the children grew up and left home.

1) had lived
2) used to live
3) were living
4) lived

8. He didn't see me as he was reading when I--------------- into the room.

1) came
2) had come
3) was coming
4) had been coming

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

1) lay
2) had lain
3) was lying
4) had been lying

10. I saw Paul at the airport. He --------------for his brother's plane to arrive from Canada.

1) had waited
2) had been waiting
3) was waiting
4) waited