Simple Past Past Perfect action taking place before a certain time in the past action in the past taking place once, never or several times actions in the past taking place one after the other sometimes interchangeable with past perfect progressive action in the past taking place in the middle of another action puts emphasis only on the fact (not the duration or course of the action) Questions in Past Perfect Simple Complete the questions in Past Perfect Simple. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. (what / Bob / do) (you / eat) (he / live) (she / find) (they / book) (how often / you. | Simple Past Past Perfect action in the past taking place once never or several times action taking place before a certain time in the past actions in the past taking place one after the other sometimes interchangeable with past perfect progressive action in the past taking place in the middle of another action puts emphasis only on the fact not the duration or course of the action Questions in Past Perfect Simple Complete the questions in Past Perfect Simple. 1. what Bob do 1 Ithat he was kept in after school 2. you eat anything before you went to the theatre 3. he live 1 in London before he moved to Glasgow 4. she find 1 la new job by that time 5. they book la room before they went to Dublin 6. how often you ring Ithe bell before he answered the door 7. why they have Idinner before they came to the party 8. Carly wash Ithe dishes when her mum came home 9. you read Ithe contract before you signed it 10. who live lin the house before we moved in had built 11. The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we build . 12. He not be 1 Ito Cape Town before 1997. 13. When she went out to play she do already ------lher homework. 14. My brother ate all of the cake that our mum make 15. The doctor took off the plaster that he put on -----------------Isix weeks before. 16. The waiter brought a drink that I not order 17. I could not remember the poem we learn ------Ithe week before. 18. The children collected the chestnuts that fall --------------Ifrom the tree. 19. he phone Angie before he went to see her in London 20. She not ride -------------la horse before that day. English Tenses - Graphic Comparison Problems with the English tenses Have a look at the time line it might help you understand when to use which tense. As there is a similarity between past present and future tenses there are just a few rules to keep in mind. If you know how to use the present progressive correctly to express present actions you will as well be able to use the past progressive correctly to express .
