Relacionar Columnas Past tenses Matching exerciseVersión en línea Match the example sentences with the uses of the tense por Soledad Mori 1 She was upset because she had been waiting to hear from her son for days 2 He always went to work by train. 3 They were flying over the Andes when the storm began. 4 Tom was reading out the text while Sara was writing it down. 5 We had been living in the same house for twelve years before we decided to move. 6 She had finished most of the work by the time her boss arrived. 7 She opened the cupboard, took out a dress and put it on. 8 They were still discussing the plan at midnight Past action in progress interrupted by another past action. Action in the middle of happening at a stated past time. action continuing over a period up to a specific time in the past. Past habit or state. Two or more simultaneous past actions. Past action which occurred before another action or before a stated time in the past. Past action of a certain duration which had visible results in the past. Past actions which happened immediately one after the other.