Quiz to check your past tenses

Depuis quand avez vous mal à l'oreille?

• How long did you have earache?

• How long have you had earache?

• How long do you have earache?

Answer explanation

la personne a toujours mal donc il faut du present et du passé le seul temps en anglais qui represente le passé et le present c'est le present parfait

Avez vous déjà eu des problèmes cardiaques?

• Have you ever had heart problems?

• did you ever have heart problems?

• do you ever have heart problems?

Answer explanation

Have you ever + participe passé = dans votre vie depuis votre naissance jusqu'à aujourd'hui

Il courait quand il a eu la douleur

• He ran when he had the pain

• he has run when he has had the pain

• He was running when he had the pain

Il a pris un paracetamol il y a deux heures

• He took a paracetamol two hours ago

• He has taken a paracetamol two hours ago

• He was taken a paracetamol two hours ago

Il n'a pas mangé depuis ce matin

• He hasn't eaten since this morning

• He didn't eat this morning

• He wasn't eaten since this morning

Il regardait la télé quand il a eu une crise epileptique

• He has watched TV when he had an epileptic seizure

• He watched TV when he had an epileptic seizure

• He was watching TV when he was having an epileptic seizure

• He was watching TV when he had an epileptic seizure

il est parti fumer

• He went to smoke

• He's gone to smoke

• He was left to smoke

il a perdu 3kg le mois dernier

• He lost 3 kg last month

• he has lost 3kg last month

• He was lost 3kg last month

il a perdu 3kg depuis le mois dernier

• He lost 3 kg since last month

• He's lost 3kg since last month

• He have lost 3kg during last month

il n'est pas encore arrivé

• he isn't arrived yet

• he don't arrive yet

• he hasn't arrived yet