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Activities
Questions
(1 Wich tenseis correct?
‘Tom walked /was walking
home when someone
L]called / was calling out his
name.
2 Which tense is correct?
When John phoned / was
honing, I wrote /was writing
an essay. I finished / was
finishing it at midnight. i
3 Is this sentence right or
wrong? (it's wrong,
correct it)
When she was getting home,
her husband was watching
football on television.
6 which tnsePost simple or)
panconanst
‘When he (arrive) at the party,
everyone (talk) and (laugh).
7 Which tense is correct?
Sam's friends had already gone /
had already been going by the
time he got / was getting there.
'8 Which tense is correct?
As soon as Cath shut the car
door, she realised / was realising
she had left / had been leaving
the keys inside
11 Is this sentence right or
wrong? (ifit's wrong,
correct it.)
‘Tom was exhausted because
he'd been working too hard.
12 Is this sentence right or
wrong? (ifit's wrong,
correct it) i
By the time the emergency
food supplies arrived, thirty
people had been dying
18 Is this sentence right or
wrong? (ifit’s wrong,
correct it)
Before the accident. he'd never
been thinking anything like
this would happen to him,
4 Is this sentence right or
‘wrong? (ifit’s wrong,
correct it)
AAs soon as she was seeing the |
‘time, she was jumping out of
bed |
‘9 Which tense is correct?
They waited / were waiting
until everybody had left /
‘had been leaving the bank, then
broke in / were breaking in
through the window. j
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14 What's the difference
between these two
sentences?
@ He'd been trying to phone
her before she left the
country.
He'd tried to phone her
before she left the country.
(5 which tense - Past simple or
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While we (wait) for the guests
to arrive, Sally (ring) to say
she couldn't come,
(10 which tense ~ Past perfect
simple or Past perfect
continuous?
When the helicopter finally
found us we (si) in the
lifeboat for hours and (eat)
all our food.
15 Which tense is correct?
He is working / has been
working there since he
left / was leaving university.