Past tenses
What is the tense in this sentence:
I was working on my project.
What are the past forms of 'see'?
saw - seen
What is the negative prefix in "Mission Impossible"?
Correct the mistake:
Sally Rooney's good-selling novel is now available at our store.
Complete with the correct past tense:
When we arrived at the cinema, the film __________ (already/start)
had already started
Correct the mistake:
She had wrote three letters before she finally got an answer.
had written
Build the opposite of 'happy' with a negative prefix.
What does it mean to be 'puzzled'? Explain in your own words.
to be confused or unable to understand something
Complete with the correct past tenses:
While Sarah _____ (prepare) dinner, her brother _____ (come) home and _____ (tell) her the news.
was preparing, came, told
Complete with the correct irregular past forms:
The suspect _____ (lie) to the police, then _____ (flee) the country before the truth was fully _____ (know).
lied / fled / known
Which negative prefix can be used on all three of these words? patient / mobile / polite
im-
What is the noun for 'deep'?
depth
Find and correct the mistake:
He was exhausted because he was running for three hours before he finally reached the village
He was exhausted because he HAD BEEN running for three hours before he finally reached the village
What are the past forms for 'seek'?
sought - sought
Correct the mistakes:
My sister was really unsatisfied with her exam results - she thinks her teacher graded her disfairly.
dissatisfied / unfairly
What does the word 'discontented' mean? Explain in your own words.
Complete the narrative using all four narrative tenses.
By the time the police arrived, the thief _____ (disappear). They _____ (search) the area for hours when a witness suddenly _____ (appear). She _____ (walk) home when she had seen the thief escape.
had disappeared, had been searching, appeared, was walking
Complete both sentences with the correct forms of to hang:
The prisoner was _____ for his crimes.
She had _____ the painting on the wall before the guests arrived.
hanged / hung
Complete with the correct prefixes:
She looked at him in ___belief. She had been ___aware that he was ___literate.
dis-, un-, il-
When something makes someone extremely happy, it makes them _____ for _____.
jump for joy