Tenses bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   Tense of the more recent of two past actions.

   Item

   Simple past

2. Clue

   Tense of the earlier of two past actions.

   Item

   Past perfect

3. Clue

   Helping verb that marks the past perfect.

   Item

   Had

4. Clue

   Form of the verb that follows had.

   Item

   Participle

5. Clue

   How many completed actions the rule compares.

   Item

   Two actions

6. Clue

   Simple past verb used in the text.

   Item

   bought

7. Clue

   Past perfect verb used in the text.

   Item

   had passed

8. Clue

   Which action the past perfect points to.

   Item

   Earlier

9. Clue

   Both actions in this rule are of this kind.

   Item

   Completed

Instructions

Read each clue and tap the term it describes.

Explanation