In Progress vs. Completed Actions

Which tense do we use to talk about completed actions in the past, a series of past actions and past habits or states?

• past simple

• past continuous

• past perfect

Which tense do we use to talk about actions in progress in the past and to set the scene in a story?

• past simple

• past continuous

• past perfect

Which tense do we use to talk about an action that happened before another past time, action or event.

• past simple

• past continuous

• past perfect

Which tense do we use to narrate the main events in a story?

• past simple

• past continuous

• past perfect

Which tense do we use to talk about two actions happening at the same time in the past.

• past simple

• past continuous

• past perfect

Which tenses do we use to show an interupted action in the past?

• past simple and past continuous

• past continuous and past perfect

• past perfect and past simple

This story is based on true events that ... many, many years ago in Scotland.

• happened

• were happening

• had happened

One day, Mr. Clark ... home with a smile on his face.

• walked

• was walking

• had walked.

He ... something very valuable in his hand: tickets for a long, long journey.

• carried

• was carrying

• had carried

After many years working and saving, Mr Clark ... all the money he needed to take all his family to the United States.

• saved

• was saving

• had saved