Use of English: Tenses and used to – Stay safe Down Under

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Revise the tenses and used to – all about safety in Australia. 🦘

Need help? – the tenses in short

simple present: always, usually, every day → Lifeguards put up flags every morning.
present progressive: now, at the moment, Look! → I am sitting in the shade.
simple past: yesterday, last …, ago → We went on a trip.
past progressive: while …, an action in progress → While we were walking, …
used to: a habit in the past that is over now → People used to lie in the sun. Negative: didn’t use to · Question: Did … use to …?

Put the verbs in brackets into the right tense: simple present, present progressive, simple past or past progressive.

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In the past, Australians didn’t know much about sun safety. Complete the sentences. The hint in brackets tells you the verb and the time.

Which form is correct? Look for the signal words!

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