A- When _____ it _____ raining?
  B- Yesterday.
  A) Did / started
  B) Does / start
  C) Does / starts
  D) Did / start

  '_____ they come by train?'
  'No, they came by plane.'
  A) Do
  B) Does
  C) Were
  D) Did

  When the musician became director of the opera house, he _____ in this town for ten years.
   A) was lived
   B) had been living
   C) was living
   D) lived

  I _____ to this for 2 hours.
   A) have listened
   B) was listening
   C) had listened
   D) have been listening

  They _____ in Beijing for three years when he lost his job.
   A) lived
   B) were living
   C) have been living
   D) had been living

  He _____ from Malaysia yesterday.
   A) has returned
   B) returned
   C) had returned

  While Ellen was reading, Tim _____ television.
  A) watched
  B) has been watching
  C) was to watch
  D) was watching

  She _____ on the Thursday after the accident.
   A) dies
   B) has died
   C) died

  It _____ before we went out.
   A) was raining
   B) rained
   C) had not been raining
   D) had rained

  They _____ breakfast at 7 and _____ home at eight.
  A) have/left
  B) had/left
  C) had/leave
  D) have/leaves
  E) had/had left