Grammar

• I was doing my homework when the bell rang.

• Past continuous
• I have been to Japan.
• Present Perfect
• The train leaves at ten o’ clock tomorrow.
• Present Simple used as the future
• I will be studying in Australia next year.
• Future Continuous
• He’s travelling to North Korea at the moment.
• Present Continuous.
• He couldn’t make a sandwich because he had forgotten to buy bread.
• Past Perfect.
• He couldn’t make a sandwich because he had forgotten to buy
bread.
• Earlier Past

• She had published her first poem by the time she was eight.
• Time up to a point in the past.

• They left before I had spoken to them.

• Action was not done
Quiz
• Sadly, the author (die) before he (finish) the series.
• Died, had finished
• The thief (escape) when the police (arrive).
• Had escaped, arrived
• I (go) to visit her when she (just move) to Berlin.
• Went, had just moved
• It (be) the most beautiful photo I (ever/see).
• was, had ever seen
• I (never meet) anyone from California before I (meet) Jim.
• had never met, met
• By the time I could talk to her, she (decide) to quit her job.
• had decided
• I looked at the photo and suddenly realized that I ( see) that man
somewhere before.
• had seen
• First I (make) the salad, then I toasted the bread.
• Made
• We had the French exam this morning. It (not be) as hard as I’d expected,
though.
• Wasn’t
• I asked Sara if she wanted to go for a walk, but she still (finish) her
homework.
• Hadn’t finished