Past continuous vs past perfect (Medium) Quiz

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📝 IELTS – English Grammar – Past continuous vs past perfect – Medium

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Which sentence demonstrates the correct use of past perfect?

After he finishes his homework, he played video games.

After he was finishing his homework, he played video games.

After he finish his homework, he played video games.

After he had finished his homework, he played video games.

None

Option A correctly uses past perfect to indicate that finishing homework happened before playing video games. Option B uses past continuous incorrectly, and options C and D use incorrect tenses for the sequence of events.

Identify the correct use of past continuous in this sentence: 'While they ___, the alarm went off.'

sleep

were sleeping

had slept

slept

None

Option A correctly uses past continuous to describe an ongoing action interrupted by another action. Options B, C, and D use incorrect tenses for describing an ongoing past action.

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