TENSES TRIVIA

A

100

We use the ____ to show that an action happened before another action in the past.

PAST PERFECT (SIMPLE).

200

COMPLETE USING THE CUES:

A set of skeletons discovered in York, England ¹[belong / tall men / die] before the age of 45. What makes them particularly terrifying is that ²[all / them / also / lose / heads].

¹ BELONGED TO TALL MEN WHO DIED/HAD DIED

² ALL OF THEM HAD ALSO LOST THEIR HEADS

B

100

We use the ____ to show that an action happened before another one, and the duration of the action is important.

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS.

200

COMPLETE USING THE CUES:

In 1986, while ¹[archaeological team / explore] a dark cave in New Zealand, they ²[find / huge claw / they / think] belonged to a dinosaur. Further research ³[reveal / claw / actually / fall off] a 3300-year-old bird called Upland Moa.

¹ AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEAM WAS EXPLORING

² FOUND A HUGE CLAW THAT THEY THOUGHT

³ REVEALED THAT THE CLAW HAD ACTUALLY FALLEN OF

C

100

We use the ____ for a sequence of actions that happened in a chronological sequence in the past.

PAST SIMPLE

200

COMPLETE USING THE CUES:

In 1974, a local farmer ¹[dig / well / weeks / when / he / come across] a life-size statue of a soldier. He dug a little deeper and found a clay army of 8,000 soldiers. But the farmer ²[not / know / what / he / find], so he contacted the Chinese authorities. As it turned out, the soldiers ³[bury] with China’s first emperor, to accompany him during his eternal rest!

¹ HAD BEEN DIGGING A WELL FOR WEEKS WHEN HE CAME ACROSS

² DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE HAD FOUND

³ HAD BEEN BURIED