Past Tenses Review

What tense is necessary to describe main events in a story?

• Simple Past

• Past continuous

• Past Perfect

What tense is necessary to describe the background of a story?

• Simple Past

• Past Continuous

• Past Perfect

What tense is necessary provide details of events that happened before the main events?

• Simple Past

• Past Continuous

• Past Perfect

I _____ to Singapore with my family last year to see the Grand Prix. It was amazing!

• traveled

• was traveling

We _____ for six hours before we arrived to Iquitos.

• traveled

• were traveling

Before I passed my admission test, I _____ a lot.

• studied

• had studied

Paul _____ the studio already when the producer arrived.

• left

• had left

I _____ my homework while John was watching TV.

• completed

• was completing

• had completed

She _____ in the big company when she got a promotion.

• worked

• was working

• had worked

The tourists _____ early in the morning before they visited the hotel.

• arrived

• were arriving

• had arrived