| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| I went |
| , and then took a shower |
| I went |
| , and then took a shower |
| swimming |
| swimming |
| I went swimming , and then took a shower |
| I went swimming , and then took a shower |
| "Swimming" is correct here because the past tense verb in this phrase is "went." Using "swam" would mean having two past tense verbs in the phrase. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| I drove home, and then |
| the sunset. |
| I drove home, and then |
| the sunset. |
| watched |
| watched |
| I drove home, and then watched the sunset. |
| I drove home, and then watched the sunset. |
| "Watched" is correct here, since the phrase otherwise has no past-tense verb. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| I |
| , biked, and then ran to the end. |
| I |
| , biked, and then ran to the end. |
| swam |
| swam |
| I swam, biked, and then ran to the end. |
| I swam, biked, and then ran to the end. |
| To describe a sequence of events that have happened, all the verb phrases need to be in past tense. While "I swim" is a grammatically correct phrase, using it would mix present and past tense phrases, which would be incorrect. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| I |
| the news, and then took a break. |
| I |
| the news, and then took a break. |
| wrote down |
| wrote down |
| I wrote down the news, and then took a break. |
| I wrote down the news, and then took a break. |
| "Written" and "wrote" are both past-tense, but "written" is a past participle verb. This sentence pattern calls for past tense singular forms of verbs. |
| Unscramble the words to make a sentence. |
| I went |
| I went swimming, |
| I went swimming, drove |
| I went swimming, drove home, |
| I went swimming, drove home, and then took |
| I went swimming, drove home, and then took a shower. |
| Unscramble the words to make a sentence. |
| I drank |
| I drank soda, |
| I drank soda, ate |
| I drank soda, ate pizza, |
| I drank soda, ate pizza, and then watched |
| I drank soda, ate pizza, and then watched a |
| I drank soda, ate pizza, and then watched a movie. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| I got a ticket, (took or taken) the boat, and then went home.. |
| I got a ticket, (took or taken) the boat, and then went home.. |
| took |
| took |
| I got a ticket, took the boat, and then went home. |
| took is used here because it's the past singular form. Taken is the past PARTICIPLE form, and cannot be used. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| I got on the plane, (flew or fly) over Europe, and then landed in Japan.. |
| I got on the plane, (flew or fly) over Europe, and then landed in Japan.. |
| flew |
| flew |
| I got on the plane, flew over Europe, and then landed in Japan. |
| flew is used here because it's past tense. Fly is the bare infinitive, and not usable. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| He went to the moon, (took or takes) one step, and then left.. |
| He went to the moon, (took or takes) one step, and then left.. |
| took |
| took |
| He went to the moon, took one step, and then left. |
| took is used here because it is the past tense form appropriate for the sentence structure. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| They made a reservation, (got or get) to the restaurant, and then ate dinner.. |
| They made a reservation, (got or get) to the restaurant, and then ate dinner.. |
| got |
| got |
| They made a reservation, got to the restaurant, and then ate dinner. |
| got is used here because gets is the present indicative form, and not appropriate for the sentence pattern. |
| Listen to what I say. Can you match the past tense verb to its present tense form on the right? |
| I went to the movies, and then took a nap. |
| Listen one more time. |
| I went to the movies, and then took a nap. |
| Did you hear, "took"? took is the past tense form of take. |
| How about...? |
| They made a reservation, and then ate dinner. |
| Let’s listen one more time. |
| They made a reservation, and then ate dinner. |
| Did you hear "ate"? ate is the past tense form of eat. |
| Next... |
| I went swimming, and then drove home. |
| One more time. |
| I went swimming, and then drove home. |
| Did you hear "drove"? drove is the past tense form of drive. |
| Next... |
| He fell off the boat, and then swam to shore. |
| One more time. |
| He fell off the boat, and then swam to shore. |
| Did you hear "swam"? swam is the past tense form of swim. |
| And... |
| I got the ingredients, and then made breakfast. |
| One more time. |
| I got the ingredients, and then made breakfast. |
| Did you hear "made"? made is the past tense form of make. |
| Thank you for watching. |
| Now you know how to talk about past actions in sequence in English...and now you can move on to the next lesson in the pathway on EnglishClass101.com. |
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