ENL101 past tenses

Multiple Choice

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

• He worked until late.

• He didn't work until late.

• I saw him in the street.

• Did he work until late?

Multiple Select

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

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

• Talking about a completed action before another action in the past

• Describing an action interrupted by another action

• Setting the scene in a story

Multiple Choice

We don't use continuous with ___ verbs.

• stative
• action

Multiple Choice

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

• while

• when

• because

• after

Multiple Choice

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

• She had finished the test.

• They had been playing tennis.

• She hadn’t finished the test.

• Had she finished the test?

Fill in the Blanks

Fill in the blank: We use the preposition

before months when talking about time.

Multiple Choice

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

• run

• know

• eat

• play

Multiple Choice

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

• was waiting

• are waiting

• had been waiting

• had waited

Multiple Choice

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

• started

• was starting

• had started

• had been starting

Multiple Choice

I ___ for my exam all day yesterday.

• am studying

• was studying

• had studied

• studied

Multiple Choice

They ___ the project by the time the manager arrived.

• had finished

• finished

• were finishing

• finishes

Multiple Choice

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

• had studyed

• was studying

• had been studying

• studied