The Past Tenses Review!

The past simple is used to express _____________ actions.

• Casual

• Progressive

• Unfinished

• Completed or finished

She didn´t __________ her assignments. She will fail the subject.

• finished

• completed

• finish
• started

Draw the next scene:
It was raining, the fire was burning in the fireplace, the cat was sleeping, and suddenly she woke up while sitting on the couch.

It was raining, the fire was burning in the fireplace, the cat was sleeping

Why do we use the past continuous in the above context? What function does it serve?

Answer explanation

We use it at the beginning of a narrative to set the scene.

Besides the fact that it serves to set the context or the approach at the beginning of the story, what other uses does the past continuous have?

• It is used to express that two actions or events in the past didn´t happen.

• It is used to express that an action in the past continues in the present.

• It is used to express that two actions or events in the past happened at the same time.

• It expresses that an action in the future was predicted in the past.

To which past tense does the following usage refer? We use it to explain a past using a earlier past.

The past perfect continuous form focus on:

• DURATION

• DIRECTION

• SITUATION

• ELECTION

By the time the teacher arrived, the students had already destroyed the classroom. What happened first?

• The students destroyed the classroom.

• The teacher arrived.

The rain ____ when they left the house. It had started the night before.

• poured

• was pouring

• have poured

• 

None of the actos ____ , so the director was very worried.

• arrive

• arrive

• had arrived