Past Tenses in English

The video tutorial covers four past tenses: simple past, past perfect, past continuous, and past perfect continuous. It explains how to form each tense, provides examples, and describes their specific uses. Simple past is used for actions completed in the past, while past perfect indicates an action that occurred before another past action. Past continuous describes simultaneous past actions or interruptions, and past perfect continuous emphasizes ongoing past actions. The video concludes with exercises to practice these tenses.

Which of the following is a correct example of a simple past tense sentence?

• I am walking to the store.

• I was walking to the store.

• I have walked to the store.

• I walked to the store.

What is the correct past perfect form of the verb 'to go'?

• gone

• went

• had gone

• had went

Which sentence correctly uses the past continuous tense?

• She was work hard.

• She working hard.

• She was working hard.

• She worked hard.

In which situation would you use the past continuous tense?

• To indicate a future action.

• To express a habitual action.

• To show an action that was ongoing in the past.

• To describe a completed action in the past.

How is the past perfect continuous tense formed?

• Using 'had' and the past participle.

• Using 'was' and the present participle.

• Using 'had been' and the present participle.

• Using 'have been' and the past participle.

Which sentence emphasizes the ongoing nature of a past action?

• I had been hoping she would agree.

• I have hoped she would agree.

• I hoped she would agree.

• I had hoped she would agree.

What is the past perfect continuous form of the verb 'to try'?

• had tried

• was trying

• had been trying

• tried