Cover of the textbook On Screen B1+/B2 - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 3c - Grammar in use for the textbook On Screen B1+/B2 - Student's Book with authors Virginia Evans and Jenny Dooley from Express Publishing

Question

  1. Identify the tenses in bold (1-6) then match them to their uses (A-F). Check in the Grammar Reference.
  2. Identify the rest of the past forms in the text. How is each used?

Answer

a)

  1. past perfect continuous C - (had been + verb -ing)
  2. past simple A - (regular verb + -ed)
  3. past perfect F - (had + p.p.)
  4. past simple B
  5. past continuous D - (was / were + verb -ing)
  6. past continuous E

b)

  • could - past simple (A)
  • arrived, walked, informed - past simple (B)
  • heard - past simple (A)
  • got - past simple (B)
  • was - past simple (A)
  • told - past simple (A)
  • had been - past perfect (F)
  • had to - past simple (A)
  • had happened - past perfect (F)
  • wasn't - past simple (A)
  • had booked - past perfect (F)
  • had mistaken - past perfect (F)