<p></p><p><b>1. Read the sentences, identify
the tenses, then match them with the correct description choosing the appropriate
letter.&nbsp; <br></b></p><p><b><br></b></p>



<p>1. The couple was exhausted
because they <strong>had been hiking </strong>all day<strong><i>. </i></strong>{#1}</p><p>2. I<b>’d</b> already <b>cooked</b> dinner
before Lily got home. {#2}<br></p>

<p>3. He<strong>
had played</strong><strong>
</strong>three concerts in London
until then. {#3}<strong><br></strong></p>

<p>4. She’<b>d loved</b> eating junky food for years before she became obese.<strong> </strong>{#4}<strong><br></strong></p>

<p>5. Freddie was tired because he <b>had gone</b> to sleep very late the night
before. {#5}<br></p>

<p>6. The girls <b>had been jumping</b> rope in the park since lunch before their parents asked them to come
home. {#6}<em><br></em></p>

<p>7. Sophia
<b>had hated
</b>attending English classes for months by the beginning of a new term. {#7}<strong><br></strong></p>

<p>8. Britain&nbsp;<b>had </b><strong>declared</strong>&nbsp;war on France
by the end of the year.&nbsp;{#8}</p>

<p>9. Unexpectedly
he settled down in the country he <b>had never
wanted</b> to live. {#9}<strong></strong></p>

<p>10. By lunch Jacky’s sister <b>had been cleaning</b>
windows for two hours. {#10}<strong></strong><strong></strong></p>

<p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p>

<p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p>

<p><b>Descriptions:</b></p>

<p><b>&nbsp;</b></p>

<p><b>A</b> <i>An event that happened in the past with a
result visible in the past</i></p>

<p><b>B</b> <i>An event that continued for some time in the
past before a stated time in the past </i></p>

<p><b>C</b> <i>An event that happened before a stated time
in the past</i></p>

<p><b>D</b> <i>An event that continued for some time in the
past before another past event</i></p>

<p><b>E</b> <i>A state that did not exist at any time in the
past before another past event with a time adverb</i><b> </b></p>

<p><b>F</b> <i>A state that existed for some time in the
past before some past event happened</i><b>
</b></p>

<p><b>G</b> <i>An event that happened in the past before
another past event</i></p>

<p><strong>H</strong><strong>
</strong><i>An event that happened a certain number of times</i><strong><i> </i></strong><i>up
to a particular point of time in the past </i></p>

<p><b>I </b><i>A state that existed for some time in the
past before a stated time in the past</i><strong></strong></p>

<p><b>J</b><i> An event that continued for some time in
the past with a result visible in the past </i><strong></strong></p><p></p>