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Complete Advanced - Unit 1 - Past tenses
Complete Advanced - Unit 1 - Past tenses
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1
We don't normally use
would
with
stative verbs
to talk about past habits.
False
True
2
By the time George turned 20, he ... playing the piano.
mastered
had mastered
was mastering
has mastered
3
What is meant by the phrase: 'I have been working on my computer for four hours'
I may be working on my computer now
I'm definitely not working on my computer now
4
While I ... my homework, my brother ... TV.
did / watched
did / was watching
was doing / was watching
was doing / watched
5
She ... smaller roles for several years before she was given the leading one.
has been playing
had been playing
6
Bob ... the TV on and ... on the sofa.
was turning / was sitting
turned / sat
was turning / sat
turned / was sitting
7
When I was a little kid I ... in my grandma's house every weekend.
was sleeping
had been sleeping
used to sleep
would sleep
8
Which tense is used for a past action for which the time is not known or is unimportant?
Past Continuous
Past Perfect Continuous
Present Perfect
Past Simple
9
It ... difficult to communicate over long distances 100 years ago.
used to being
was used to being
would be
used to be
10
Older generations didn't have smarthphones, but they .. the telephone and telegrams.
did have
do have
did had
do had
11
I used to play basketball with my friends yesterday.
Grammatically correct
Grammatically incorrect
12
Mom ... us a story every night before we went to bed.
used to reading
was used to read
got used to read
would read
13
It was a lovely day and the sun ... bright.
was shining
had shone
had been shining
shone
14
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
15
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.
