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PAST TENSES

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

'By the time I get to the station, the train had left'

a)

Correct

b)

Incorrect

2.

Past Continuous. What is the use for: 'The car was getting worse all the time'

a)

Annoyance/ criticism

b)

Background description in narrative

c)

Action in progress

d)

Changing states

3.

I manage to talk to Carol ................... she was leaving

a)

while

b)

since

c)

as

4.

When you passed the town hall clock, .............. what time it was?

a)

were you noticing

b)

have you noticed

c)

did you noticed

d)

All the options are correct

5.

This time last year I .................... in the rain along a country road in Wales.

a)

was cycling

b)

had been cycling

c)

none

6.

.............. I'd read the instructions, I found it easy to asamble the bookcase

a)

Then

b)

Afterwards

c)

Once

7.

Which is the use for...? 'When Jane was at school, she was always loosing things.

a)

annoyance

b)

changing states

c)

actions in progress

8.

Which is the use for...? 'I've twisted my ankle'

a)

Indefinite events, which happened at an unknown time in the past

b)

Indefinite events which may have an obvious result in the present

c)

A habitual action in a period of time up to the present

d)

Recent events, without a definite time given

9.

Which is the use for...? 'I've been waiting for you three hours'

a)

A state which lasts up to the present moment

b)

An incomplete activity

c)

To emphasize duratopn

d)

A recently finished activity

10.

Which is the use for...? 'I've lived here for the past ten years'

a)

A habitual action in a period for time up to the present

b)

Indefinite events which may have an obvious result in the present

c)

With stative verbs, to describe a state which lasts up to the present

d)

Recent events