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Past simple or Past continuous?

Authored by Lucía Rosa

English

2nd Grade

CCSS covered

Used 90+ times

Past simple or Past continuous?
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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I ......................... my car when it ......................... to rain.

was driving / started
drove / was starting
drove / started
was driving / was starting

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Rellena el hueco que falta:
'He ........................ (buy) at the supermarket when I ........................ (see) him.

was buying / saw
were buying / sees
was buying / see
bought / was seeing

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

I ......................... (wash) my car while he ......................... (watch) TV on the sofa.

was washing / was watching
washed / was watching
washed / watched
was washing / watched

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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I ......................... (do) my homework yesterday.

did
do
were doing
doing

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

We use past continuos

For an action that happened in a concrete moment of the past

For an action that was happening during a time in the past

For an action that will happen in the past

non of the these ones.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

While she was talking to her boss, her mobile phone _________ (ring).

was ringing

were ringing

ringed

rang

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

We use the past simple for....

For an action that started and ended in a concrete moment of the past

For all the actions in the past

none of these options

For an action that happened in the past and is still continuing.

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