Ivan Vocab 1 & Past Tenses

Ivan Vocab 1 & Past Tenses

Past Simple

• a completed action in the past

• regular and irregular verbs

• regular: -ed -ied -d and -(double consonants)ed

• irregular: woke, taught, sang, put....

Past Continuous

• a continuous action that happens in the past, rather than a short quick action, which would use Past Simple. It happens over a longer period of time.

• was/were + verb + ing

• 
  

• 
  

Examples using the same verb

• Past Simple: The girl kicked the ball.

• Past Continuous: The girl was kicking the ball all over the schoolyard.

• Past Simple: The phone rang at 8:53.

• Past Continuous: The phone was ringing all night long.

Multiple Choice

Past Simple: The child _________ breakfast.

• eat

• eats

• eated

• ate

Multiple Choice

Past Simple: The jogger ________________ through the park.

• jag

• jogged

• joged

• jogt

Multiple Choice

Past Continuous: The fireflies _______________________ in the trees.

• was buzzing

• were buzzing

• were buzzed

• was buzzed

Multiple Choice

Past Continuous: You _______________ the film at 9 last night.

• was watching

• were watching

• watched

• was watched

Remember to match "was" and "were" with the correct subject

• I was running...

• You were running...

• He was running...

• She was running...

• It was running...

• They were running...

• We were running...

Multiple Choice

Past Continuous: While they _________ playing in the stairwell, Mr Bargen came out of his apartment.

• are

• wer

• was

• were

Multiple Choice

Past Continuous: It _________ trying to fly out the window for some time before Mr Bargen freed it.

• was

• were

• is

• wer

Ivan Vocabulary Part 1

Fill in the Blanks

I

finish my homework before 6 pm every weekday. (am supposed to OR suppose)

Fill in the Blanks

She

that she'll go to her classmate's birthday party on the weekend, but maybe she won't. (is supposed to OR supposes)

Multiple Choice

The polar bear _________________________ her cub from the wolves who were trying to attack.

• was protecting

• were protecting

• was raising

• were raising

Multiple Choice

The ___________________ on her face was absolutely priceless.

• complain

• protect

• raise

• expression

Multiple Choice

In The Jungle Book, wolves _______________ a boy, not humans.

• was raising

• rayzed

• raised

• were