This card teaches the sequence of past tenses: Past Simple for sequential actions ('came', 'saw', 'seemed') and Past Perfect for an action completed before those prior actions ('had gone').
This flashcard demonstrates the use of the Past Simple for sequential past actions ('came', 'saw', 'seemed') and the Past Perfect for an action that occurred before those sequential actions ('had gone').
| Task | When I ______ (to come) home I _______ (to see) nobody. It ______ (to seem) like everyone _______ (to go) not less than an hour before. |
|---|---|
| Answer | 3 |
| a | came / saw / seemed / went |
| b | had come / had seen / seemed / had gone |
| c | came / saw / seemed / had gone |
| d | was coming / saw / had seemed / had gone |
| comment | We use the Past Simple Tense when we talk about actions which happened one after the other in the past: came - saw - seemed. 'Before' shows us that the last action happened some time earlier than actions in the first part. The Past Perfect helps us carry out this idea. |
| topic | past tenses |
| level | 2 |
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