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Complete with the correct tense(s).
{ PAST SIMPLE - PAST CONTINUOUS - PAST PERFECT - PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS }
While some Viking men ... (sharp) their knives, others ... (use) ornate combs.
were sharpening // were using
Complete with the correct tense(s).
{ PAST SIMPLE - PAST CONTINUOUS - PAST PERFECT - PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS }
The 'Vikings with horns' image took shake when designer Carl Emil Doepler ... (work on) costumes for Wagner's operas.
was working on
Complete the rules with the correct verb tenses. One will be used more than once.
{ PAST SIMPLE - PAST CONTINUOUS - PAST PERFECT - PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS }
Use the ... for a sequence of actions that happened in a chronological sequence in the past.
PAST SIMPLE
Complete with the correct tense(s).
{ PAST SIMPLE - PAST CONTINUOUS - PAST PERFECT - PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS }
Vikings ... (spread) knowledge and ... (pass on) skills which enriched the places they reached.
spread // passed on
Complete with the correct tense(s).
{ PAST SIMPLE - PAST CONTINUOUS - PAST PERFECT - PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS }
Things ... (get) better when the historical drama series Vikings first hit our screens.
were getting
Complete with the correct tense(s).
{ PAST SIMPLE - PAST CONTINUOUS - PAST PERFECT - PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS }
A common invention is that the servants who ... (attend) the Pharaoh during his reign found themselves shut inside his tomb upon his death.
had been attending
Complete the rules with the correct verb tenses. One will be used more than once.
{ PAST SIMPLE - PAST CONTINUOUS - PAST PERFECT - PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS }
Uset the ... to show that an action happened before another action in the past.
PAST PERFECT SIMPLE
Complete with the correct tense(s).
{ PAST SIMPLE - PAST CONTINUOUS - PAST PERFECT - PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS }
So gladiators never ... (look out) for a thumbs-up or down signal to kill an opponent while he ... (lie) at their feet.
looked out // was lying
Complete the rules with the correct verb tenses. One will be used more than once.
{ PAST SIMPLE - PAST CONTINUOUS - PAST PERFECT - PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS }
Use the ... for finished actions, situations or habits with a definite time or context in the past.
PAST SIMPLE
Complete with the correct tense(s).
{ PAST SIMPLE - PAST CONTINUOUS - PAST PERFECT - PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS }
Many gladiators received treatment for the wounds they ... (sustain) during combat.
had sustained
Complete the rules with the correct verb tenses. One will be used more than once.
{ PAST SIMPLE - PAST CONTINUOUS - PAST PERFECT - PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS }
Use the ... to show that an action happened before anotehr one, and the duration of the action is important.
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS