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Complete the question according to the answer:
Q: How fast _____________?
A: We were driving 50 km/hr.
Q: How fast WERE YOU DRIVING?
A: We were driving 50 km/hr.
Identify the tense:
They WERE SHOPPING at the mall when I ran into them.
Past Continuous / Progressive
My phone has been ringing without stopping for the past five minutes.
Correct.
What’s the past participle of CHOOSE?
Chosen.
Turn into a wh- question.
"I tried sushi last year."
When did you try sushi?
Complete with past continuous or simple past.
He ________(talk) on the phone when the accident occurred.
He WAS TALKING on the phone when the accident occurred.
Identify the tense:
She HAS BEEN TRYING to send her final essay.
Present Perfect Continuous / Progressive
My computer had been heating up before it broke down.
Correct.
What’s the past participle of KEEP?
Turn into a yes/no question.
"You've seen a lot of movies lately."
Have you seen any/a lot of good movies lately?
Use simple past, past perfect or past perfect continuous.
Most of the people on the bus ________ (sleep) when the pilot woke them up.
Most of the people on the bus HAD BEEN SLEEPING when the pilot woke them up.
Identify the tense:
I'D BEEN WORKING until 9pm last week.
Past Perfect Continuous.
Alice were doing the dishes when she received a text message.
Incorrect.
Alice WAS doing the dishes when she received a text message.
What’s the past participle of FALL?
Fallen.
Turn into a yes/no frequency question.
"I'd never heard of that movie before."
Had you ever heard of that movie (before)?
Use simple past, past perfect or past perfect continuous.
Aki __________ (not, run) for more than ten minutes when he decided to rest.
Aki HAD NOT BEEN RUNNING for more than ten minutes when he decided to rest.
Choose the correct explanation for the verb in caps.
"When we FOUND the restaurant, we wrote down the address."
a. Action in progress at the time a specific action occurred.
b. Action that happened after another action occurred.
b. Action that happened after another action occurred.
I finally selled my old TV last Saturday.
Incorrect.
I finally SOLD my old TV last Saturday.
What’s the past participle of BURN? Both options please :)
Burned / Burnt
Turn into a negative wh- question.
"She hasn't studied French because she's not interested in it."
Why hasn't she studied French?
Use past perfect or past perfect continuous.
My family ____________ (become) upset when they heard the news.
My family BECAME upset when they heard the news.
Choose the correct explanation for the verb in caps.
"Why WERE YOU STAYING in the city while you were traveling?"
a. Action in progress at the time a specific action occurred.
b. Action that happened after another action occurred.
a. Action in progress at the time a specific action occurred.
By the time the TV show was over, my mom had already been falling asleep.
Incorrect.
By the time the TV show was over, my mom HAD ALREADY FALLEN asleep.
What’s the past participle of FORGET? Spell it :3
Forgotten.
Turn into a yes/no question.
"She had been doing the laundry when she found her lost ring."
What had she been doing when she found her lost ring?