Контрольные задания > Match the tenses in bold to their uses. Give more examples.
1 He picked up his jacket, locked the door and left.
2 I was cleaning the attic when I came across my first diary.
3 Shakespeare wrote Hamlet around 1600.
4 When he was young, he rode his bike to work every day.
5 I was watching TV while they were cooking dinner.
a complete action or event which happened at a stated time in the past
b past actions which happened one after another
c past action in progress interrupted by another past action
d two or more simultaneous past actions
e past habit or state
Вопрос:
Match the tenses in bold to their uses. Give more examples.
1 He picked up his jacket, locked the door and left.
2 I was cleaning the attic when I came across my first diary.
3 Shakespeare wrote Hamlet around 1600.
4 When he was young, he rode his bike to work every day.
5 I was watching TV while they were cooking dinner.
a complete action or event which happened at a stated time in the past
b past actions which happened one after another
c past action in progress interrupted by another past action
d two or more simultaneous past actions
e past habit or state
1 - b: Past Simple is used to describe past actions which happened one after another. Example: He woke up, brushed his teeth, and went to school.
2 - c: Past Continuous is used to describe a past action in progress interrupted by another past action. Example: I was listening to music when the phone rang.
3 - a: Past Simple is used to describe a complete action or event which happened at a stated time in the past. Example: I visited Paris last year.
4 - e: Past Simple is used to describe a past habit or state. Example: She used to play the piano every day.
5 - d: Past Continuous is used to describe two or more simultaneous past actions. Example: They were talking and laughing at the party.