What tense is the bolded verb in?
I was working with 3 other guys building rainwater cisterns in Texas in 1997.
past continuous
Say the sentence with everything the same, but change the tense of the bolded verb to past perfect:
Yuri was excited to run the marathon.
Yuri had been excited to run the marathon.
Use these words to make a sentence in past perfect:
Djamila
drive
200 miles
Djamila had driven 200 miles.
Make a question using these words in past continuous:
Why
not
Bianca
take
BART to the city?
Why wasn't Bianca taking BART to the city?
Make a sentence using these words with two clauses using the logical verb tense for each - you might use simple past, past continuous, or past perfect.
Veronica walk into the school
when
she notice that the elevators were broken.
Veronica was walking into the school when she noticed that the elevators were broken.
What tense is the bolded verb in?
I had taken off my glasses because it was so hot that they were falling off my sweaty face.
past perfect
Say the sentence with everything the same, but change the tense of the bolded verb to past perfect continuous:
She was wearing the wrong shoes.
She had been wearing the wrong shoes.
Use these words to make a sentence in past continuous:
Khadidja
teach
students how to solve an equation
Khadidja was teaching students how to solve an equation.
Make a question using these words in past perfect:
What
Thanne
forget to buy at the store
What had Thanne forgotten to buy at the store?
Make a sentence using these words with two clauses using the logical verb tense for each - you might use simple past, past continuous, or past perfect.
While
Ava sleep
a cat creep into her room through an open window.
While Ava was sleeping, a cat crept into her room through an open window.
What tense is the bolded verb in?
The other two guys had been looking down at their task when they heard me yell a curse word, so they hadn’t actually seen the accident.
past perfect continuous
Say the sentence with everything the same, but change the tense of the bolded verb to past continuous:
She ran for six hours.
She was running for six hours.
Use these words to make a sentence in past perfect continuous:
Tsegezeab
repair
the electrical system for several weeks.
Tsegezeab had been repairing the electrical system for several weeks.
Make a question using these words in past perfect continuous:
Who
Nack
study with in the library
Who had Nack been studying with in the library?
Make a sentence using these words with two clauses using the logical verb tense for each - you might use simple past, past continuous, or past perfect.
Gabe
already put our names in the questions
before we start playing this game.
Gabe had already put our names in the questions before we started playing this game.
What tense is the bolded verb in?
Why hadn't the boss been paying attention while he was cutting the wire?
past perfect continuous
Say the sentence with everything the same, but change the tense of the bolded verb to past perfect:
Why did she choose the wrong shoes?
Why had she chosen the wrong shoes?
Use these words to make a sentence in past perfect continuous:
Parivash
write
a novel for the last year
Parivash had been writing a novel for the last year.
Make a question using these words in past perfect continuous:
What sport
Nomi
play when she sprained her ankle
What sport had Nomi been playing when she sprained her ankle?
Make a sentence using these words with two clauses using the logical verb tense for each - you might use simple past, past continuous, or past perfect.
While
Sheyda hike in Tilden
she see a coyote.

While Sheyda was hiking in Tilden, she saw a coyote.