Choose the correct answer for each sentence.
1. They__________ the bus yesterday.
A. don’t catch
B. weren’t catch
C. didn’t catch
D. not catch
2. My sister__________home late last night.
A. comes
B. come
C. came
D. was come
3. My father ______ tired when I__________ home.
A. was – got
B. is – get
C. was – getted
D. were – got
4. What__________you__________two days ago?
A. do – do
B. did – did
C. do – did
D. did – do
5. Where__________your family__________on the summer holiday last year?
A. do – go
B. does –go
C. did – go
D. did – went
6. At this time last year, they _________this house
A. built
B. is building
C. was building
D. were building
7. What _________you _________ (do) at 8 pm yesterday?
A. were you doing B. was you doing
8. They (not go) _________ to school when I met them yesterday.
A. didn’t go
B. wasn’t going
C. didn’t went
D. weren’t going
9. At this time last year, they _________ (build) this house.
A. built
B. was built
C. was building
D. were building
10. Friday will be a bad day for me – I have an extra session and maybe a press conference. I wish your
mother _________on Saturday or Sunday. But I know it’s not your fault.
A. didn’t come
B. were coming
C. came
D. had come
11. I (drive) _________ my car very fast when you called me.
A. drove
B. was driving
C. was drive
D. were driving
12. I _________ (chat) with my friends while my teacher _________ (teach) the lesson yesterday.
A. was chatting – teaching
B. was teaching – was teaching
C. was teaching – taught
D. chatted – taught
13. My father _________ (watch) TV when I got home.
A. was watching
B. watched
C. were watched
D. was watched
14. At this time yesterday, I _________ (prepare) for my son’s birthday party.
A. prepared
B. was prepared
C. was preparing
D. were preparing
15. Where _________ (go) when I saw you last weekend?
A. was you going B. were you going C. did you go
D. you went
16. They _________ (not go) to school when I met them yesterday.
A. weren’t going
B. not going
C. didn’t go
D. weren’t go
17. My mother _________ (not go) the housework when my father came home.
A. didn’t go
B. didn’t doing
C. wasn’t doing
D. weren’t doing
18. My sister _________ (read) books while my brother _________ (play) football yesterday afternoon.
A. was reading – playing
B. was reading – was playing
C. was reading – played
D. read – was playing
19. While Henry (play)_________ the piano, his mother (do)________ the washing-up.
A. was playing/ was doing
B. were playing/ were doing
C. played/ did
D. played/ was doing
20. I (have) _________ dinner when I suddenly__________a loud bang.
A. were having/ hear
B. was having/ heard
C. had/heard
D. was having/ was hearing