Use the Past Simple ('relaxed') for completed past actions, especially for events happening one after another.
Usar el Pasado Simple ('relaxed') para acciones completadas en el pasado, especialmente para eventos que ocurren uno tras otro.
| Task | First of all, we visited the British Museum, then we went to Hyde Park and last we ____________ (to relax) in a restaurant. |
|---|---|
| Answer | 2 |
| a | were relaxing |
| b | relaxed |
| c | had relaxed |
| d | had been relaxing |
| comment | We use the past tense to talk about something that happened once in the past - a completed action in a time before now. Duration is not important: Sally watched TV last night.; Did you play tennis at weekends?. It can also be used for actions taking place one after another or in the middle of another action: She entered a cafe, took off her coat, sat down and took the menu.; Roby fell off the tree and her friends took her to a doctor.In the test sentence ‘First of all, we visited the British Museum, then we went to Hyde Park and last we______ (to relax) in a restaurant.’. we need to form the past form of the regular verb ‘relax’. For regular verbs, we add -ed to the base form of the verb (work – worked) or -d if the verb already ends in e (move – moved). Therefore, we are to choose ANSWER 2 (relaxed). |
| topic | past tenses |
| level | 1 |
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