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Past Tenses Review
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1
Which tense is used for a past action for which the time is not known or is unimportant?
Past Simple
Present Perfect
Past Continuous
Past Perfect Continuous
2
We don't normally use
would
with
stative verbs
to talk about past habits.
True
False
3
Older generations didn't have smarthphones, but they .. the telephone and telegrams.
do have
did have
did had
do had
4
I used to play basketball with my friends yesterday.
Grammatically incorrect
Grammatically correct
5
She ... smaller roles for several years before she was given the leading one.
had been playing
has been playing
6
When I was a little kid I ... in my grandma's house every weekend.
has slept
slept
was sleeping
had been sleeping
7
What does the phrase 'I wish I had a bigger house' express?
A wish for the past
A wish for the present
8
What is meant by the phrase: 'I have been working on my computer for four hours'
I may not be working on my computer now
I'm definitely not working on my computer now
9
I wasn't used to ... up so early.
getting
get
got
10
It ... difficult to communicate over long distances 100 years ago.
used to be
used to being
would be
was used to being
11
Dad ... us a story every night before we went to bed.
got used to read
was used to read
used to reading
would read
12
What is meant by the phrase: 'John has worked in this company for 10 years'?
John works in another company now
John still works in this company.
13
While I ... my homework, my brother ... TV.
was doing / was watching
did / was watching
did / watched
was doing / watched
14
Bob ... the TV on and ... on the sofa.
turned / was sitting
was turning / was sitting
turned / sat
was turning / sat
15
It was a lovely day and the sun ... bright.
shone
was shining
had shone
had been shining
16
By the time George turned 20, he ... playing the piano.
had mastered
has mastered
was mastering
mastered
17
What is meant by the phrase: 'William Wordsworth wrote many poems'.
William Wordsworth will write more poems in the future
William Wordsworth is dead, so he can't write any more poems
