Post Utme Uniosun 2020 English Question 1

Practice objective / multiple choice question 1 from the 2020 Post Utme Uniosun English examination.

Post Utme Uniosun 2020 English Objective / Multiple Choice
Question 1 POST_UTME_UNIOSUN • 2020 • ENGLISH • objective

The sentence "The new employee was very nervous on her first day" contains a verb form that is in the past simple tense. However, the verb form in the sentence "She had been working here for three months before she was promoted" is in the past perfect tense. What is the difference between the past simple and past perfect tenses?

Answer Options

Correct Answer A. The past simple tense is used to describe completed actions in the past, while the past perfect tense is used to describe actions that occurred before another action in the past.
B. The past simple tense is used to describe actions that started and finished in the past, while the past perfect tense is used to describe actions that started before another action in the past.
C. The past simple tense is used to describe actions that occurred before another action in the past, while the past perfect tense is used to describe completed actions in the past.
D. The past simple tense is used to describe actions that started and finished in the past, while the past perfect tense is used to describe actions that occurred before another action in the past.
Correct Answer
A
Correct Option:
The past simple tense is used to describe completed actions in the past, while the past perfect tense is used to describe actions that occurred before another action in the past.

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This is Post Utme Uniosun 2020 English Question 1. It is one of the objective questions from the 2020 Post Utme Uniosun English examination.

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