CELSA Verb Tense and Form 2

Question 1

While Maria ______ dinner, the phone rang.

Accepted Answer

was cooking

Answer

cooked

Answer

has cooked

Answer

had cooked

Question 2

By the time the ambulance arrived, the patient ______ consciousness.

Accepted Answer

had lost

Answer

lost

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was losing

Answer

has lost

Question 3

When I was a child, I ______ walk to school every day.

Accepted Answer

used to

Answer

was used to

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had used to

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am used to

Question 4

The team ______ the project last Friday after months of hard work.

Accepted Answer

completed

Answer

has completed

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completes

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had been completing

Question 5

She ______ at the company for ten years before she retired.

Accepted Answer

had worked

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worked

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has worked

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was working

Question 6

The children ______ in the pool when the storm started.

Accepted Answer

were swimming

Answer

swam

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swim

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had swum

Question 7

Which sentence uses 'would' correctly to describe a past habit?

Accepted Answer

Every summer, they would visit their grandparents.

Answer

She would live in Paris now.

Answer

He would have finished if he tried.

Answer

I would be a doctor last year.