19) Identify the tenses, then match them to the correct descriptions.
1. People used to have/had very simple lives in those days ➯ i. past habit or state which is now finished.
2. She was talking on the phone when her boss came in ➯ g. action in progress when another action interrupted it.
3. Sam was in hospital because he had crashed his car ➯ j. action which finished in the past and whose result was visible in the past.
4. They had been studying hard all morning, so they were tired ➯ h. action which lasted for some time in the past and whose result was visible in the past.
5. I was cooking lunch while he was pouring the drinks ➯ f. two or more simultaneous actions.
6. We had been living in the house for a year before we decorated the kitchen ➯ d. to put emphasis on the duration of an action which started and finished in the past before another past action.
7. Princess Diana did a lot of work for charity ➯ a. to talk about actions of people who are no longer alive.
8. At two o'clock this afternoon they were having lunch at work ➯ e. action which was in progress at a started time in the past.
9. First, she knocked on the door. Then, she went inside ➯ c. actions which happened immediately one after the other in the past.
10. We had bought the tickets before we went to the theatre ➯ b. action which happened before another past action or before a started time in the past.
