PAST SIMPLE vs PAST PROGRESSIVE vs PAST PERFECT

1. Mark heard something in the kitchen and he went/was

going/had gone to check what it was.

2. At this time yesterday, Jess had written/wrote/was writing

her mid-term paper.

3. Nancy had graduated/graduated/was graduating from

school in 2017.

4. Josh decided to stay in because the weather was awful: it had

rained/rained/was raining heavily and the wind had

howled/howled/was howling.

5. Jess had had/had/was having an online class while I was

cooking.

6. Lucie was over the moon because Jack had

proposed/proposed/was proposing to her.

7. We had cooked/cooked/were cooking dinner as Mom had

slept/slept/was sleeping.

8. By the time Nick had got/got/was getting to college, his class

had already started/already started/was already starting.​