Choose the correct options

1. A. Pushkin
   [were|was|been]
   born in Moscow in 1799.
2. Mary
   [used to play|played|didn't play]
   the violin but now she plays the guitar.
3. [After|Before|Then]
   he returned from the long journey, he fell on his bed and went to sleep.
4. The man whom we
   [see|saw|seen]
   at the concert yesterday was a popular actor.
5. My father
   [studied|use to study|didn't studied]
   French when he was my age.
6. Those students
   [speak|spoke|spoken]
   very loudly in the library last week.
7. How long
   [did it take|did it took|it took]
   you to write an essay yesterday?
8. [As soon as|Then|After]
   he realised that the lesson was over, there was nobody there.