Complete the 12 sentences below. Choose the best answer for each one.
1By the time we arrived, they ............... already left.
Wrong!
"Had" is correct because it shows an earlier past action before our arrival.
2It ............... when we left the house.
Wrong!
"Was raining" is correct because it shows an action in progress at a past time.
3I ............... three times this month.
Wrong!
"Have visited" is correct because "this month" is an unfinished time period.
4They ............... for over an hour before the bus arrived.
Wrong!
"Had been waiting" is correct because it shows duration before another past event.
5She ............... her phone yesterday.
Wrong!
"Broke" is correct because "yesterday" refers to a finished past time.
6I ............... snow until I visited Iceland in 2022.
Wrong!
"Had never seen" is correct because it describes experience before a past moment.
7The children ............... in the garden when it started to rain.
Wrong!
"Were playing" is correct because it shows an action in progress interrupted by another past event.
8She ............... the report before the meeting started.
Wrong!
"Had finished" is correct because the finishing happened before another past event.
9We ............... here since 2018.
Wrong!
"Have lived" is correct because "since 2018" shows a situation continuing to the present.
10He ............... home when the accident happened.
Wrong!
"Was driving" is correct because it shows the ongoing background action in the past.
11She ............... for two hours before the exam began.
Wrong!
"Had been studying" is correct because it shows duration before a later past event.
12I ............... dinner last night.
Wrong!
"Didn't eat" is correct because "last night" refers to a finished past time.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- By the time we arrived, they had already left.
- It was raining when we left the house.
- I have visited three times this month.
- They had been waiting for over an hour before the bus arrived.
- She broke her phone yesterday.
- I had never seen snow until I visited Iceland in 2022.
- The children were playing in the garden when it started to rain.
- She had finished the report before the meeting started.
- We have lived here since 2018.
- He was driving home when the accident happened.
- She had been studying for two hours before the exam began.
- I didn’t eat dinner last night.
