Grammar 2 – matching (Do exercise 2 on page 14 and read the sentences and answer the questions.)

Read the sentences and answer the questions. Before he volunteered to direct traffic, Timoteo had had lots of jobs. He was driving a lorry when he came off the road. Somehow he survived. Which tense refers to actions in the past? Which tense refers to an action in progress when another thing happened? Which tense refers to something which happened before something else?

Keys: a. past simple b. past continuous c.past perfect