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Grammar Rules
Time Clauses
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Trivia
100
A company studyed Chinese culture last year.
studied
100
Should we use used to or simple past to talk about completed actions in the past?
simple past
100
_________ he talked about the product, the audience listened attentively.
While
100
Martin _______ Chinese culture in school last year.
studied
100
Which movie won the Academy Award for best picture in 2016?
Moonlight won the Academy Award for best picture
200
While he read, his friend asked him to play computer games.
While he was reading
200

What time markers can be used with the simple past?

yesterday, one week ago, last saturday...

200
____________ the company made the price affordable, sales improved.
As soon as
200
_______ you ________ a good grade on the last quiz?
Did you get...
200
Which country was the first Global Empire in world history?
The Persian Empire was the first global empire in world history
300
After the new smart phone start to sell, nobody bought it.
started
300

Which is the verb to be form in past?

was and were

300
The head of marketing was speaking __________ I arrived.
when
300
She ___________ China in 2016.
visited
300
Who owned the biggest steel production in the USA in the early 1900s?
Andrew Carnegie owned the biggest steel production in the USA in the early 1900s.
400
This product sold really well after the company was designing a new ad for it.
designed
400

Which is the verb to be form in past?

did

400
There were not many sales ___________ the company changed its advertising.
until
400
He _______________ the Chinese language when he first visited China.
was learning
400
When did the first computer appear?
The first computer appeared in 1946.
500
People realize the importance of animals after they find some types of animals that had gone extinct.
realized, found
500

What does did mean?

Past

500
__________ we did research, we thought that the price was affordable. The research helped us to learn what people actually thought.
Before
500
What ___________ during that period in history?
happened/was happening
500
Who created Coca-Cola?
John Pemberton created Coca-Cola.