Past Tenses C12

Which ending do you use for a regular verb in past?

• ED

• ING

• S

• EST

Which ending do you use for an irregular verb in past?

• ED

• ING

• It depends on the verb

• Er

Which of the follwing sentences is in the Simple Past?

• I was trying to open a business

• I will open a business

• I tried to opening a business

• I opened my own business two weeks ago.

Which of the following sentences is in the Simple Past?

• It's getting dark, let's go

• It was getting dark so we left

• We had left before the dark

• It got dark pretty quickly

Which sentence is NOT in the Simple Past

• I gave the manager a huge tip

• I didn't give the manager any extra money!

• I'm surprised I have to tip this much

• Did you tip the manager?

What do you need to form the Past Continuous?

• verb with ING

• was+ verb with ING

• was/were+ verb with ING

• am/are/is + verb with ING

When do you use the Past Continuous?

• To describe an action finished in past

• To describe actions happening right now

• To describe your hobbies in the past

• To describe actions and situations in progress at a particular time in the past

Which of these sentences is in the Past Continuous?

• That documentary was really interesting

• She was driving while I was reading the map

• Liz decided to cancel the course

• I think his stories were amusing

Unscramble the following sentence:

trying / I / the / knocked / the / maintenance / was / when / receptionist / to / man / reach

• I was trying to reach the maintenance receptionist when the knocked the man

• The receptionist was trying to reach when knocked the maintenance man

• I was trying to reach the receptionist when the maintenance man knocked

• Was I knocked when the maintenance man trying to reach the receptionist?

Which of the following sentences is NOT in the Past Continuous?

• They were very angry at us

• They weren't talking to us

• Were they getting angry then?

• Why were the talking like that?