Share Fill in the Story – Past Tenses & Phrases
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🔤 Cue: Present simple for regular actions.👵 Her children have left home now but they and her grandchildren _______ her often. A) visits B) visit C) visiting
✅ Correct Answer: visit 💡 Explanation: Present simple is used for routines. “They… visit her often.”
🔤 Cue: Past continuous for actions in progress in the past.🚶♀️ One day, when she _______ her granddaughter from school, a teacher came up to her. A) gets B) is getting C) was getting
✅ Correct Answer: was getting 💡 Explanation: Past continuous is used to describe background actions.
🔤 Cue: Present continuous in reported speech for ongoing action.🏫 "In our history lessons, the students _______ about life in the 1940s," he said. A) were learning B) are learning C) learned
✅ Correct Answer: are learning 💡 Explanation: Reported present continuous is used because the lessons are ongoing.
🔤 Cue: Past simple for a completed action in the past.🧠 "Who _______ you this idea?" my neighbour asked the teacher. A) gave B) gives C) given
✅ Correct Answer: gave 💡 Explanation: Past simple is correct for a completed past action.
🔤 Cue: Past perfect for an action before another past event.😰 “I had to do it even though I _______ in public before.” A) never speak B) had never spoke C) had never spoken
✅ Correct Answer: had never spoken 💡 Explanation: Past perfect is used to describe an action before another past action.
🔤 Cue: Phrase to ask for more information. “_______?”, I asked. A) What about B) How about C) Why about
✅ Correct Answer: What about 💡 We use “What about?” to ask for more details or follow-up.
🔤 Cue: Past simple for a finished event in the past. “They even wanted to know what _______ for breakfast in 1940!” A) I eat B) I ate C) I was eating
✅ Correct Answer: I ate 💡 A specific time in the past = past simple.
