Question

Ernest Hemingway ___________ (to win) the Nobel Prize in literature in 1954 was winning won We use the Past Simple Tense when we talk about actions that happened once in the past: an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. In the test sentence the definite year is given: in 1954. Sometimes,the speaker does not actually mention the specific time, but they do have one specific time in mind.For regular verbs, we add -ed to the base form of the verb (cook –cooked) or -d if the verb already ends in e (love – loved). Many verbs are irregular. In the test sentence we are given the infinitive-form ‘to win’,the past form of the verb ‘win’ is irregular: ‘won’. Thus, we choose ANSWER 3. 1

Accepted Answer

3 had won had been winning past tenses

Task	Ernest Hemingway ___________ (to win) the Nobel Prize in literature in 1954
Answer	3
a	was winning
b	had won
c	won
d	had been winning
comment	We use the Past Simple Tense when we talk about actions that happened once in the past: an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. In the test sentence the definite year is given: in 1954. Sometimes,the speaker does not actually mention the specific time, but they do have one specific time in mind.For regular verbs, we add -ed to the base form of the verb (cook –cooked) or -d if the verb already ends in e (love – loved). Many verbs are irregular. In the test sentence we are given the infinitive-form ‘to win’,the past form of the verb ‘win’ is irregular: ‘won’. Thus, we choose ANSWER 3.
topic	past tenses
level	1

Past Specific Verb Winning Won Time Test Sentence