PAST TENSES

This past is used to talk about facts and routines in the past.

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This past is used to talk about 2 actions that happened at the same time in the past.

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This past is used to talk about an interrupted action in the past.

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This past is used to talk about an action that happened before another action in the past.

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This past is used to talk about a complete action.

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The auxiliary ​ (a)   is used for the simple past.

• DID
• WAS/WERE
• HAD

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AUXILIARY

The auxiliary ​​ (a)   is used for the past perfect.

• WAS/WERE
• HAD
• DID

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​ ​ (a)   are used to form sentences in past progressive.

• DID
• HAD
• WAS/WERE

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It was Sunday afternoon. I ​ (a)    a cookery program on TV when I  ​ (b)     how hungry I was. But of course I was hungry; I ​ (c)     anything since lunch, and I  (d)     a race in the morning. Then, I remembered that my mother had given me a jar of delicious home-made cookies the previous day. I left it in the kitchen.

 

 

• was watching
• watched
• had watched
• realised
• was realising
• had realised
• hadn't eaten
• didn't eat
• had run
• was running

Answer explanation

I was watching a cookery program on TV when I realised how hungry I was. ---> INTERRUPTED ACTION

But of course I was hungry; I hadn't eaten anything since lunch and I had run a race in the morning. ---> ACTIONS THAT HAPPENED BEFORE ANOTHER ACTION IN THE PAST

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So, I ​ (a)   into the kitchen, ​ (b)    the fridge and poured some milk in a big glass. Then, I looked for my jar of cookies and I ​ (c)   it without cookies!!! Somebody  ​ (d)     them all! I was sure that  the previous day I ​ (e)    only one cookie. It was very strange.

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• went
• opened
• saw
• had eaten
• had taken
• had gone
• was opening
• had seen
• took
• had opened

Answer explanation

So, I went to the kitchen, opened the fridge and poured some milk in a big glass. ---> COMPLETE ACTIONS IN THE PAST

Then, I looked for my jar of cookies and I saw it without cookies!!! ---> COMPLETE ACTIONS IN THE PAST

Somebody had eaten them all!!! I was sure that the previous day I had taken only one cookie. It was very strange. ---> ACTIONS THAT HAPPENED BEFORE ANOTHER ACTION IN THE PAST

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