Language focus: Past narrative tenses

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Match rules 1-3 with the examples of tenses a-c. Then find more examples of these tenses in the text on pages 12-13.

a. past continuous 

Some workers were repairing the building.

b. past simple

Some experts opened the box. 

c. past perfect 

Water had destroyed the documents a long time before they opened the box.

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16 tháng 10 lúc 0:18

1 – b

2 – a

3 – c

Các ví dụ khác trong trang 12 và 13:

- Thì quá khứ đơn:

As the economy grew, there was a need for faster and more efficient transport.

Bicycles were used to get around, commute to work, transport goods to markets, and even to travel long distances.

- Thì quá khứ hoàn thành:

Had bicycles been an important means for many years before the advent of motorised vehicles?

The motor vehicles on the roads had not increased dramatically until the 1990s.