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THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE 4
Instructions
Complete the sentences by dragging and dropping, or typing the correct word, or its corresponding letter, into the answer box.
Once all the sentences have been completed, click on CHECK to identify mistakes.
If the word chosen is correct, it will show in green.
If the word chosen is not correct, it will show in red, and when that happens, try another word and press the CHECK button again until all the answers show in green.
THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE 4
Theory:
THE PAST - PAST PERFECT
If the PAST ACTION CONTINUES INTO THE PRESENT, then it is different from the past simple, and is called the PRESENT PERFECT.
If it stops at a fixed point in the past, then it is the PAST PERFECT.
For example:
I start playing tennis at 7:00.
I keep on playing tennis until 9:00.
I see Maria at 9:00.
It is now 10:00 and I am talking to you. I say:
When I saw Maria, I HAD BEEN PLAYING tennis for 2 hours.
Everything about the PAST PERFECT is exactly the same as the PRESENT PERFECT
except for two things:
PRESENT PERFECT uses HAVE and PAST PERFECT uses HAD.
PRESENT PERFECT has to INCLUDE NOW and the PAST PERFECT CANNOT INCLUDE NOW, it uses a defined moment in the past as the reference.
The PAST PERFECT SIMPLE uses HAD and the PAST PARTICIPLE.
For example:
When my wife came in I had eaten 5 biscuits. (EATEN - PAST PARTICIPLE of eat)
The PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS uses HAD + TO BE + ING.
For example:
When my wife came in, I had been sleeping for 2 hours. (BEEN - verb TO BE)
Exercises:
We (1) been working when the fire started
(2) What had you been when they called?
(3)How many beers had you when we met?
Possible answers:
- A) drunk
- B) had
- C) doing