Try this quiz to test your mastery of past tenses (simple, continuous and perfect).
Choose the best answers to complete these sentences.
#1. Rita was not able to answer the questions because she ... the chapter.
#2. I was working in the basement and I ... the phone.
#3. John slipped on the ice while he ... the street in front of the house.
#4. They ... the first task before they started the new one.
#5. My brother always ... reading fairy tales when he was young.
#6. Nancy ... to go with us because she was sick.
#7. ... he ... your email before he left the office?
#8. We ... happy to hear that you had got a good job!
#9. I don't remember I met him in the party last night. What ... he ...?
#10. What ... you ... when the storm began? I was going to work.
Finish