Matching Pairs Past TenseOnline version Select the sentence as appropriate. by Mayerly Rivera 1 He had been studying Chinese for two years before they sent him to China. 2 It took is dive minutes to get to the office last Friday. 3 He admitted he had not been sleeping for several days. 4 We had not finished the document when the computer crashed. 5 She had taught Shakespeare before. 6 We were playing video games yesterday at 3 o'clock. 7 She was listening to music when i called. 8 My brother helped me with my. Simple Past. Past Perfect Tense Past Continuous. Past Continuous Tense. Simple Past. Past continuous. Past Continuous Tense. Pat Perfect Tense.