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ENL101 past tenses

ENL101 past tenses

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences is an example of the past simple tense with an irregular verb?

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He worked until late.

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He didn't work until late.

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I saw him in the street.

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Did he work until late?

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Multiple Select

Which of the following situations require the use of the past continuous tense? Choose multiple

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Describing an action in progress at a specific time in the past

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Talking about a completed action before another action in the past

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Describing an action interrupted by another action

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Setting the scene in a story

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Multiple Choice

We don't use continuous with ___ verbs.

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stative
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action

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Multiple Choice

Which conjunction is used before the short action in a sentence combining past simple and past continuous tenses?

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while

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when

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because

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after

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences is an example of the past perfect continuous tense?

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She had finished the test.

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They had been playing tennis.

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She hadn’t finished the test.

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Had she finished the test?

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following verbs is generally NOT used in continuous tenses?

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run

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know

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eat

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play

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Multiple Choice

We ___ for over an hour when the bus finally arrived.

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was waiting

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are waiting

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had been waiting

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had waited

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Multiple Choice

By the time we got to the cinema, the film ___.

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started

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was starting

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had started

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had been starting

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Multiple Choice

I ___ for my exam all day yesterday.

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am studying

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was studying

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had studied

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studied

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Multiple Choice

They ___ the project by the time the manager arrived.

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had finished

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finished

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were finishing

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finishes

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Multiple Choice

She ___ English for three years before she moved to London.

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had studyed

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was studying

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had been studying

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studied

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