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Which PAST tense is this?
"Nelson Mandela was born in 1918."
Past Simple
Which PAST tense is this?
"At 6 o’clock that evening Dan was still missing. Bobby was feeling worried."
Past Continuous
Which PAST tense is this?
"I quickly realised that the storm the previous night had washed up the body."
Past Perfect
Which PAST tense is this?
"I could tell that the body had been lying on the beach for several hours because the man’s clothes were dry."
Past Perfect Continuous
Say the past form of the verb READ. You have 10 seconds!
Read (pronunciation like the color "red").
What were you doing at 8 PM last night? (Answer in past continuous).
"I was doing homework..."
"I was playing football..."
Tell 5 verbs in their participle form. You have 10 seconds!
Been, taken, done, eaten, made, written...
Change this sentence to past simple:
"They walk to school."
"They walked to school."
Which of these is correct:
“They had been studying for hours” or “They had been studied for hours”?
“They had been studying for hours”
Which of these is a correct sentence?
“She had saw the movie before” or “She had seen the movie before”?
“She had seen the movie before”
Choose the correct sentence:
“I was cooking when she arrives” or “I was cooking when she arrived”?
“I was cooking when she arrived”
Which of these is correct?
"I was showering when the phone rang" or "I showered when the phone rang"?
"I was showering when the phone rang"
Complete the sentence:
"I ______ (watch) TV when the phone rang."
"I was watching TV when the phone rang."
Complete the sentence:
"She ______ (study) for two hours when I called her."
"She had been studying for two hours when I called her."
Complete the sentence:
"Yesterday, I ______ (visit) my friend."
"Yesterday, I visited my friend."
Complete the sentence:
"By the time we arrived, they ______ (leave)."
"By the time we arrived, they had left."
Why do we use past simple in this sentence?
"My family and I went to the Alps last year."
a) Completed actions in the past.
b) Past events in chronological order.
a) Completed actions in the past.
Why do we use past continuous in this sentence?
"While we walking, it started to rain."
a) Describe a scene or situation that lasted for some time.
b) Refer to an ongoing action which was interrupted by another one.
b) Refer to an ongoing action which was interrupted by another one.
Why do we use past perfect continuous in this sentence?
"He had been running, so he was out of breath."
a) Completed actions in the past.
b) To emphasize the duration of an action before another action or result.
b) To emphasize the duration of an action before another action or result.
Why do we use past perfect in this sentence?
"He had already left when I arrived."
a) To show that one action happened before another action.
b) Past states and situations that started earlier in the past
a) To show that one action happened before another action.