PAST TENSES: Answer Key

1)
a. did you notice  b. were shouting  c. did you use to travel  d. were dancing  e. hadn't eaten  f. called in  g. was staring  h.had decided  i. was trying  j. didn't realise

2)
a. once  b. before  c. as  d. until  e. whenever  f. at the time  g. later  h. in his day  i. the moment  j. by

3)
Text 1:  wrong: 4. got  5. waited  6. turned up
Text 2: wrong: 2. had received/received  4. was considering  5. had discovered

4)

1. was cycling  2 had decided  3 had been  4 knew  5 had managed  6 were wondering  7 had made  8 had planned  9 had forgotten  10 had rained/had been raining  11 ended up  12 were riding/rode  13 skidded  14 fell off  15 realised  16 had broken  17 caught  18 were not expecting/did not expect  19 had gone  20 spent

5)
a was going to  b me more pudding I said I had had  c to have sung the solo  d did not use to be so/that  e were intending to go to Rome but  f used to cycle to work every  g was wondering about  h was passing your house  i the time the bus finally arrived there were  j the explosion occured

6)
a both  b was waiting  c would always have  d both  e used to own  f didn't mean  g  both, but ate is colloquial in this context  h both  i both  j didn't always use to look

7)
1 would  2 use  3 could  4 was  5 the 6 wondering  7 before  8 about 9 seeing/noticing  10 took  11 got  12 who  13 had  14 had  15 was