Question

The story of their heroism was told in
the news paper (name the tense]​

Answer 1

Answer:

past indifinite

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answers

Story 1

It was a hot day, so I decided to prepare salad for lunch. Outside, the children were playing in the garden. Suddenly I heard a loud noise, followed by a scream. I ran outside to see what was happening.

Story 2

On my first day at work I was a bit nervous. I got up early, had a shower, and drank some coffee. I was too nervous to eat.

I thought I was looking / looked very smart. I was wearing a suit and my best shoes. I walked to the bus stop and waited for the bus. While I was waiting, I noticed that people were looking at me in a strange way. I tried to ignore them, and when my bus arrived I got on and found a seat. 30 minutes later, I arrived at my office. Just as I got off the bus, I looked down and realised that I was wearing shoes of different colours…

Present Perfect

When do you use the Present Perfect tense? Our grammar page explains the rules.

The important thing to remember about the present perfect simple and continuous is that they are related to the present – not the past. If we focus on events that happened in the past, we use the Past Simple:

Last year I went to Spain.

With the present perfect, there’s always a connection with now – even if the event happened in the past.

I’ve visited Spain before. (I have a memory of it in my mind.)

I’ve lived here for three years. (I still live here)

We can also use the present perfect to talk about recent activities. Often we use an adverb like just, already, yet or still:

I’ve just seen Robert. (about a minute ago)

I’ve already finished my work. (I finished it sooner than I thought)

I haven’t been to the bank yet. (up to now)

I still haven’t been to the bank. (the situation hasn’t changed)

Exercise

Choose just, already, yet or still to fill the gaps in the sentences below.

1. Have you sent that letter?

No, I haven’t been to the Post Office —–

2. I’ve —– seen Paul at the bus stop. He’s looking really well.

3. Do you want me to get you a newspaper when I’m out? No thanks, I’ve —– read it online. (2 possibilities)

4. She’s a great traveller. She’s —– been to most European countries, and now she’s going to South America.

5. I’m supposed to be going to an interview tomorrow, but I —– haven’t had confirmation about the time.

6. Do you want to work an extra day tomorrow? No thanks, I’ve —– come back from holiday.

Answers

1. Have you sent that letter?

No, I haven’t been to the Post Office yet.

2. I’ve just seen Paul at the bus stop. He’s looking really well.

3. Do you want me to get you a newspaper when I’m out? No thanks, I’ve already / just read it online. (2 possibilities)

4. She’s a great traveller. She’s already been to most European countries, and now she’s going to South America.

5. I’m supposed to be going to an interview tomorrow, but I still haven’t had confirmation about the time.

6. Do you want to work an extra day tomorrow? No thanks, I’ve just come back from holiday.

Past Simple or Past Perfect

Most of the time, when you talk about an event in the past, you can use the Past Simple and Past Continuous. If you need to give a flashback in this story, you can use the past perfect. (You can review the grammar of the past perfect here.)

It’s important to remember that if you’re sequencing your story (telling it in chronological order, from beginning to end) you don’t need the past perfect. You only need to use it if you want to say that something happened before something else – perhaps to give extra explanation.

If you have sequencing words like “after” or “before” (which make the order of the story clear) you don’t need to use the past perfect.

Before I left the house, I checked my emails. (we know that you checked the emails, then left.)

Here’s an example of how to use the Past Simple, Past Continuous and Past Perfect together in a story.

This story happened when I was living in Paris. (both events set in the past).

I had come to Paris because my office had transferred me there. (reason why I was in Paris – the transfer happened before the story takes place.)

One day, I left my flat as usual. I took the metro to get to my office, then walked the few metres to my office. (All events in the past simple, as you’re going back to the story, telling it in chronological order.)

Exercise

In this story, decide which tense the verbs in brackets should be – past simple, past continuous or past perfect.