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    The document provides examples and explanations for using different past tenses in English, including the past simple, past continuous, past perfect simple, and past perfect continuous. It then presents two exercises - one to test filling in the blanks of a story with the appropriate past tense, and one choosing the correct alternative in a series of sentences. The story describes Socrates' interactions with two men who ask him about living in Athens, and Socrates provides different responses based on their descriptions of where they previously lived.

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    NAME: CRISTINA PAREDES

    Use the PAST SIMPLE for completed actions in the past which tell the main events in a story.
    Ex. She picked up the phone and asked for a taxi

    Use the PAST CONTINUOUS to set the general scene/background of a story or to talk about
    actions in progress at or around a particular point in a story, often interrupted by another
    (short) action or event (past simple). Ex. He was talking to his girlfriend when the waiter
    brought the bill.

    Use the PAST PERFECT SIMPLE to talk about actions or situations completed before another
    action in the story. The actions are often mentioned out of time sequence, and the past perfect
    makes the order clear.

    Use the PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS to talk about longer actions or situations which
    started before and continued up to a point in the story. Ex. She had been studying all the
    afternoon when she found out the exam was cancelled.

    A. Complete the text below using the B. Choose the correct alternative.
    appropriate narrative tenses.
    1. The old man fished/was fishing as usual
    “One afternoon, Socrates _was standing_ (stand) when he saw/was seeing something
    outside the gates of Athens when he __noticed__ strange. .............
    (notice) a traveller who _had been staring_ 2. In 1995, Ella was teaching/taught in
    (stare) him for a long time. Socrates __asked__ Sudan and became/had become well-
    (ask) the man why he _had come_ (come) to known. ...........
    Athens. “I’m thinking of moving to Athens,” he 3. I ‘d known/’d been knowing Javier for
    said. “What is like to live here?” Socrates many years and when I read/was reading
    _looked_ (look) at him. “First, would you tell me he was/had been in prison, I knew/was
    what was it like in your city?” The man replied, knowing there was a mistake. ...........
    “Oh, it was awful.” 4. The prince had been searching/was
    Everyone stabs you in the back and wants to searching in the forest for ten hours and
    make money from you. Frowning, Socrates _told_ was beginning /had begun to lose hope.
    (tell) him, “Well, you’ll find the same things here. ...........
    I suggest you to go somewhere else”. 5. He noticed/was noticing that somebody
    had left/had been living a briefcase. .........
    Socrates _was standing_ (stand) there a few 6. Ella had been looking/had looked through
    hours more when another man _approached old photos when she heard/was hearing a
    him_ (approach) him. This man too __had just__ knock on the door. ............
    (just arrive) in Athens and __was considering__ 7. We had driven/had been driving for 30 km
    (consider) moving to the city. He too asked when the engine suddenly stopped/had
    Socrates, “Can you tell me what is like to live stopped; somebody had taken/took the
    here” Socrates asked, “First would you tell me petrol out of the car. ...........
    what was like to live in your previous home city?” 8. By that evening, children were/had been
    “Where I come from the people work together exhausted because they were
    and help each other”, said the man. “Kindness is walking/had been walking all day. ............
    everywhere and you are never treated with
    anything but respect”. “Well,” __replied__ (reply)
    Socrates, “you’ll find the same thing here.
    Welcome to Athens”.

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