Talking about the Past 2
You should now have a clearer understanding of which form is appropriate to use when talking about the past or telling a story. Let’s start some practice activities by looking at the difference in use between past perfect simple and past perfect continuous. In the following exercise, choose the correct verb form.
In the following exercises, mark all the words which can be used to complete the texts. Sometimes more than one may be possible. Remember to mark all the words needed.
In this final exercise, you have a longer text to complete with the correct past form. Think carefully about whether the narrative is describing the main events, actions in progress, actions already finished, duration, or repeated / habitual actions and states. There may be more than one possible answer.