Past Tenses

The Simple Past is used to express...

• A finished action in the past.

• A series of past events.

• A past situation or habit.

• All of them.

The Past Continuous is used to express activities in progress before, and probably after, a particular time in the past.

• TRUE

• FALSE

'Used to' is used to express a habit or state from the past that is now finished.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Past Perfect is used to refer to...

• an action in the past that was completed after another action in the past.

• an action in the past that was completed before another action in the past.

• Both.

Romeo ............................... Juliet and ............................... in love with her.

• had seen / fell

• had seen / was falling

• saw / fell

• had seen / had fallen

His painting ....................................... (sell) fo 400 francs.

The two artists ............................... (quarrel) a lot about art.

President Thompson ............................. (meet) at the airport by the ambassador.

James phoned to say he went to the cinema at six, but...

• I hadn't seen him.

• I wasn't seeing him.

• I didn't see him.

Many symphonies .......................... in the 19th century.

• were composed

• composed

• had composed