Past Simple, Past Continuous/Progressive, Past Perfect.

When do we use the Past Simple tense? (Multiple choice, 2 correct answers)

• We use the past simple to talk about activities in progress at a moment in the past.

• We use Past Simple to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past.

• We use Past Simple to describe finished actions or situations in the past.

• We use the Past Simple to say one thing happened after another.

When do we use the Past continuous tense? (Multiple choice, 2 correct answers)

• We use the Past continuous to describe scenes in a story or description.

• We often use time expressions such as when, after, by the time, as soon as with the Past continuous.

• We use the Past continuous to talk about activities in progress at a moment in the past.

• We use Past continuous to describe finished actions or situations in the past.

When do we use the Past perfect tense? (Multiple choice, 2 correct answers)

• We use the Past perfect to say that one thing happened after another.

• We use the Past perfect to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past.

• We often use time expressions such as when, after, by the time, as soon as with the Past perfect.

• We often use while and as with the Past perfect.

She ..... ..... television when the lights went out.

• had watched

• were watching

• was watched

• was watching

They had lived in Tallinn for 3 months before they .... to Saue.

• were moving

• move

• have moved

• moved

When we reached home, they ...already.....eating.

• were start

• was starting

• had started

• have started

Jim noticed in horror that he .... .... his passport.

• was losing

• had lost

• have lost

• lost

Mary told me that she .... .... that film 2 years before.

• had seen

• saw

• was seeing

• have seen

Yesterday I .... my Iphone. :'(

• lose

• losted

• losed

• lost

While we were doing our test, the teacher .... asleep.

• fall

• fell

• falled

• had falled