Question

25 Match the sentences with the correct tense description.
1. It was raining and the wind was blowing.
2. He was exhausted because he had
been walking all day.
3. There was no juice left because Jack
had drunk it all.
4. She had finished by 8 o'clock.
5. The storm broke out after we had been driving
for four hours.
6. He got into the plane, started the
engine and flew off into the clouds.
7. The party had already started by the
time I arrived.
8. Elvis Presley died in 1977.
9. I was cycling to work when I fell off the bike.
10. My grandfather met Winston Churchill.
11. I was sleeping at 3 o'clock yesterday
afternoon.
12. She had been trying to find a job in
Hollywood for years.
a. past equivalent of the Present Perfect
b. action in the middle of happening at a stated past
time
c.past actions which happened one after the
other
d. action which is not connected with the present and
happened at a definite past time not mentioned
e. background description to events in a story
f. action continuing over a period up to a specific
time in the past
9. past equivalent of the Present Perfect
Continuous
h. past action which occurred before another action
i. past action in progress interrupted by another
j. past action which occurred before a stated time in
the past
k. event which happened at a stated past time
1. past action of certain duration which had visible
results in the past

Answer 1

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Match the sentences with the correct tense description.

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Răspuns/Answer:

1. It was raining and the wind was blowing.

• e. background description to events in a story

2. He was exhausted because he had been walking all day.

• 1. past action of certain duration which had visible results in the past

3. There was no juice left because Jack had drunk it all.

• h. past action which occurred before another action

4. She had finished by 8 o'clock.

• a. past equivalent of the Present Perfect

5. The storm broke out after we had been driving for four hours.

• b. action in the middle of happening at a stated past time

6. He got into the plane, started the engine and flew off into the clouds.

• c. past actions which happened one after the other

7. The party had already started by the time I arrived.

• j. past action which occurred before a stated time in the past

8. Elvis Presley died in 1977.

• k. event which happened at a stated past time

9. I was cycling to work when I fell off the bike.

• i. past action in progress interrupted by another

10. My grandfather met Winston Churchill.

• d. action which is not connected with the present and happened at a definite past time not mentioned

11. I was sleeping at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon.

• f. action continuing over a period up to a specific time in the past

12. She had been trying to find a job in Hollywood for years.

• 9. past equivalent of the Present Perfect Continuous

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