Question

past simple, past continuous or past perfect.
When I (was living) in London, a strange thing —– (happen) to me.
At that time, I —- (have) a job as a receptionist in a hotel. I —– (apply) for the job before I —– (arrive) in London, which —– (make) things a bit easier.
The hotel —– (be) in the centre, and —– (be) always busy. One day, as I —– (work) I —– (hear) someone call my name. The voice was familiar – I —– (think) I —– (hear) it before. I —– (look) up and —– (see) to my surprise that the person standing in front of me —- (be) …..

Answer 1

Answer:

hi guys

1 happened

2 had

3 arrived

4 made

5 being

6 was

7 was working

8 heard

9 thought

10 had

11 heard

12 looked

13 saw

14 was

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

When I was living in London, a strange thing happened to me.

At that time, I had a job as a receptionist in a hotel. I had applied for the job before I arrived in London, which made things a bit easier.

The hotel was in the centre and was always busy. One day, as I was working I heard someone call my name. The voice was familiar – I thought I had heard it before. I looked up and saw to my surprise that the person standing in front of me — was …..

Explanation:

• In English grammar, tense refers to the time frame of a verb's action or its states of being, such as present (something happening now), past (something happened) or future (something about to happen).

• The simple past/ past simple or past indefinite tense is used for a past activity or a past state of being. It is sometimes spelt as preterit tense.  

• To form this tense, we use auxiliary did+ base verb

• We use this tense most often to talk about an action-event-situation in the past that can be short or long, that is finished.

• This is beneficial to understand the time and place of the action-event-situation.

• The past continuous tense (past progressive tense) refers to a continuing/ongoing action or state that was happening at some point in the past.

• The past continuous tense is formed by combining the past tense of to be (i.e., was/were) with the verb’s present participle (-ing word).

• The past perfect, also spelt as pluperfect, is a verb tense used to talk about actions that were completed before some point in the past.

• The past perfect tense is about something that happened before something else.

• The pattern for the past perfect tense is had + [past participle]. It doesn’t matter if the subject is singular or plural; the formula remains the same.

• When we’re talking about some point in the past and want to refer to an event/incident that happened even earlier, using the past perfect allows us to convey the sequence of the events. It’s also clearer and more specific.

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