E 9 - PAST TENSE EXERCISES

The past tenses
1. I ………………. her before.
a. saw b. see c. had seen d. has seen
2. I ………………. her last year.
a. saw b. see c. had seen d. has seen
3. Tom …………never in Hanoi.
a. was b. is c. has been d. have been
4. I ………………. the novel written by Jack London several times before.
a. read b. reads c. had read d. am reading
5. What you ………………. yesterday?
a. were … doing b. did …. do c. do you do d. are … doing
6. You ………………. TV last night?
a. Do …. Watch b. are …. Watching c. did … watch d. did …. watched
7. She ……………….born in 1980.
a. were b. was c. is d. has been
8. He ………………. a book since last year.
a. wrote b. writes c. has written d. have written
9. Mr Green ………………. English in this school since he …………… from the university in 1986.
a. taught / graduated b. teaches/graduates
c. has taught/graduated d. taught/ has graduated
10. How long you ………………. English?
a. has … learned b. have …. learned
c. is …. learning d. does …. learn.
11. When I ……………… at his house, he still ……………….
a. arrived/was sleeping b. arrived / were sleeping
c. was arriving/ slept d. arrived/ slept
12. The light ……………… out while we ……………… dinner.
a. went/ were having b. went/ were having
c. was going/ had d. went/ had.
13. Bill ……………… breakfast when I ……………… at his house this morning.
a. had/ was stopping b. had / were stopping
c. was having/ stopped d. had / stopped.
14. As we ……………… the street, we ……………… an accident.
a. crossed/ was seeing b. crossed/ were seeing
c. were crossing/saw d. crossed/saw.
15. Tom ……………… a serious accident while he ……………… at the bus stop.
a. saw/ was standing b. saw/ were standing
c. was seeing/ stood d. saw/stood.
16. While my father ……………… a newspaper, my sister ………………her homework.
a. read/ was doing b. was reading/ was doing
c. was reading/did d. read/did.
17. The children ……………… football when their mother ……………… back home.
a. played/ was coming b. were playing/came
c. played/ were coming d. played/ came.

18. The bell ……………… while Tom ……………… a bath.
a. rang/ was taking b. rang/ were taking
c. was ringing/ took d. rang/took.
19. I ……………… very tired because I ……………… all day yesterday.
a. was/ was working b. was/ were working
c. were/ worked d. was/ worked
20. He……………… in a cafe when I ……………… him.
a. sat/ was seeing b. sat/ were seeing
c. was sitting/saw d. sat/saw.
21. They ……………… home after they ……………… their work.
a. went/ finished b. went/had finished
c. had gone/finished d. have gone/finished
22. She said that she already ……………… Dr. Rice.
a. has seen b. had seen c. saw d. was seeing
23. When we came to the stadium, the match already ……………….
a. has begun b. had begun c. began d. was beginning
24. They told me they ……………… such kind of food before.
a. hasn’t eaten b. hadn’t eaten c. ate d. haven’t eaten.
25. He asked why we ……………… so early.
a. has come