Past simple, past continuous, past perfect

Это упражнение поможет вам понять различия между временами past simple, past continuous и past perfect. Вы потренируетесь выбирать нужное время в зависимости от порядка и контекста действий в прошлом.

1. By the time we arrived, the film _____.

was starting

started

had already started

2. She _____ dinner when the guests arrived.

had cooked

cooked

was cooking

3. They _____ their homework before they went out.

finished

had finished

were finishing

4. While I _____ home, it started to rain.

walked

had walked

was walking

5. He didn’t recognize her because she _____ so much.

changed

was changing

had changed

6. _____ what happened last night?

Did you see

Were you seeing

Had you seen

7. I _____ a book when the lights went out.

read

was reading

had read

8. After we _____, we went for a walk.

ate

had eaten

were eating

9. She was tired because she _____ all day.

worked

had worked

had been working

10. They _____ TV when the phone rang.

were watching

watched

had watched

11. We _____ that movie before yesterday.

didn’t see

hadn’t seen

weren’t seeing

12. What _____ at 8 p.m. last night?

had you done

did you do

were you doing