Past Simple and Continuous

When we were driving home last night, we see a strange object in the sky.

• When

• were driving

• see

• object

Answer explanation

Ada keyword "last night" yang menunjukkan serangkaian kejadian yang sudah lewat (tadi malam). Seharusnya menggunakan kata "saw" karena kejadian itu menginterupsi ketika "we" sedang berkendara pulang tadi malam.

As we were come down the hill into town, it just suddenly appeared in front of us.

• come down

• into

• appeared

• us

Answer explanation

The correct answer is: we were coming down.

"we" sedang dalam perjalanan dari bukit menuju kota, yang berarti sedang dilakukan tetapi di masa lampau (past continuous). Kemudian ada "it" yang menginterupsi perjalanan tersebut, maka dari itu menggunakan past simple "appeared".

While Bella sit in the garden, it suddenly began to rain.

• sit

• the

• it

• to rain

You drove right past me when I was waited for the bus.

• right

• me

• waited

• the

Answer explanation

Kata yang benar adalah "was waiting". Karena "I" sudah dan sedang menunggu bus sebelum "you" melewatinya.

It was peaceful, and the birds were sing.

• It

• peaceful

• and

• sing

Answer explanation

Kata yang tepat adalah "singing" (past continuous).

As I was watching him, the man suddenly run away.

• As

• him

• man

• run

Answer explanation

Kata yang benar adalah "ran", simple past menggunakan verb 2 dari run.

When I hear the alarm, I left the room immediately.

• hear

• left

• the

• immediately

Answer explanation

Kata yang tepat adalah "heard".

Alarm tersebut berbunyi di masa lampau, atau I sudah mendengar alarmnya berbunyi. Tense yang digunakan adalah past simple.

His hair catch fire when he was cooking chips.

• His

• catch

• was

• chips

Answer explanation

catch > caught.

Simple past tense.

Rambutnya terbakar adalah kejadian masa lampau dan sudah tidak terjadi lagi.

Sinchan was sitting in the garden when a wasp sting him on the nose.

• was

• in

• sting

• on

Answer explanation

sting > stung

When the campers wake, they saw that the sun was shining.

• wake

• saw

• sun

• was

Answer explanation

wake > woke