Question

Read what Sharon says about a typical working day:
Sharon: I usually get up at 7 o'clock and have a big breakfast. I walk to work, which takes me about half an hour. I start work at 8:45. I never have lunch. I finish work at 5 o'clock. I 'm always tired when I get home. I usually cook a meal in the evening. I don't usually go out. I go to bed at about 11 o' clock. I always sleep well.

Yesterday was a typical working day for Sharon. Complete the given sentence using the correct tense to describe her day at work yesterday.

_______ at 8.45.

• A. She starts work
• B. She is starting work
• C. She has started work
• D. She started work
  

Answer 1

The correct option is D She started work

The simple past (also called past simple, past indefinite) is a verb tense which is used to show that a completed action took place at a specific time in the past. The simple past is also frequently used to talk about past habits and generalizations.

Since, we are talking about some past habits (as we have taken into consideration of the day before) and that too at a specific time (which is mentioned in the paragraph), we would be using simple past tense.

Option A is the present form

Option B is in the continuous form

Option C is in the Past perfect tense

Option D is simple past form

Option D is correct