Past Tenses, Unit 3

Check the past tenses.

• present simple (I play)

• past perfect simple (I had played)

• past simple (I played)

• past perfect continuous (I had been playing)

• past continuous (I was playing)

A finished action before a second point in the past.

(Για μια πράξη που τελείωσε, πριν από μια άλλη πράξη στο παρελθόν)

• Past Perfect Simple

• Past Simple

• Past Continuous

When we arrived, the film had started.

Which action happened first?

• first we arrived, then the film started

• first the film started, then we arrived

It had snowed in the night, so the bus didn't arrive.

Which action happened first?

• first the bus didn't arrive, then it snowed.

• first it snowed, then the bus didn't arrive.

She ______________(live) in China before she went to Thailand.

• lived

• was living

• had lived

After they ___________(eat) the shellfish, they began to feel sick.

• ate

• were eating

• had eaten

The garden was dead because it ________(be) dry all summer.

• was

• was being

• had been

You ___________(study) for the test, so you were very nervous.

• didn't study

• weren't studying

• hadn't studied

The lights went off because we ___________(pay) the electricity bill.

• didn't pay

• weren't paying

• hadn't paid

Για να τονίσουμε την διάρκεια (emphasis on the duration) μιας πράξης που συνέβαινε στο παρελθόν, πριν συμβεί μια άλλη.

• Past Perfect Simple

• Past Simple

• Past Continuous

• Past Perfect Continuous