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The key answer of exercise 2

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

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense to complete the exchanges. Justify your answers.

Answer

  1. was; had (past simple - completed actions in the past)
  2. were you doing; rang; was washing; didn’t hear (past continuous & past simple - actions in progress when other actions interrupted them)
  3. was surfing; found (past continuous & past simple - action which was in progress when another action interrupted it); told; had already booked (past simple & past perfect - action which happened before another action in the past)
  4. did you miss (past simple - action which happened at a certain time in the past); were shopping; didn’t hear (past continuous & past simple - action which was in progress when another action interrupted it)
  5. Did you stay; rented (past simple - actions which happened at a certain time in the past)
  6. looked (past simple - action which happened at a certain time in the past); had been working (past perfect continuous - action which had been in progress before another action in the past)