Question

Identify the tenses in bold, then match them to their use.
1 - By the time I arrived at the university, the lecture had already finished.
2 Dean was running in the park at 7 am
yesterday morning.
3 Sharon went to the funfair on Sunday.
4 Suki had been waiting outside the restaurant for twenty minutes before her friends arrived.

a. action completed at a definite time in the past
b. action which started and continued for some
time before another past action, with emphasis on its duration
c. action completed in the past before another past action
d. action which was in progress at a stated time in the past​

Answer 1

1. By the time I arrived at the university, the lecture had already finished. - c) action completed in the past before another past action.

2. Dean was running in the park at 7 am yesterday morning. - d) action which was in progress at a stated time in the past.

3. Sharon went to the funfair on Sunday. - a) action completed at a definite time in the past.

4. Suki had been waiting outside the restaurant for twenty minutes before her friends arrived. - b) action which started and continued for some time before another past action, with emphasis on its duration.

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