simple past and past continuous Quiz

What is the formation of the simple past tense?

• Adding '-ed' to the base form of regular verbs

• Adding '-ing' to the base form of regular verbs

• Adding '-ed' to the base form of irregular verbs

• Adding '-s' to the base form of regular verbs

What is the formation of the past continuous tense?

• subject + was/were + verb-ed

• subject + is/am/are + verb-ing

• subject + will + verb-ing

• subject + was/were + verb-ing

What is the difference between simple past and past continuous?

• The simple past and past continuous have no difference and can be used interchangeably in any sentence.

• The simple past and past continuous are interchangeable and can be used interchangeably in any sentence.

• The simple past is used to describe completed actions in the past, while the past continuous is used to describe ongoing actions in the past.

• The simple past is used to describe ongoing actions in the past, while the past continuous is used to describe completed actions in the past.

Give an example of an irregular verb in simple past tense.

• went

• eated

• runned

• go

What is the correct form of the verb 'go' in simple past tense?

• goed

• goed

• goed

• went

What is the correct form of the verb 'eat' in past continuous tense?

• was ate

• was eaten

• was eating or were eating

• were ate

When do we use the simple past tense?

• We use the simple past tense to talk about completed actions in the past.

• We use the simple past tense to talk about actions happening right now.

• We use the simple past tense to talk about future actions.

• We use the simple past tense to talk about ongoing actions in the past.

When do we use the past continuous tense?

• To describe an ongoing action in the past.

• To describe a habitual action in the past.

• To describe a completed action in the past.

• To describe a future action.

Read the following sentence: 'Mariam was cooking dinner when the phone rang.' Which tense is used for 'was cooking' and 'rang'?

• future continuous tense and future simple tense

• present continuous tense and present simple tense

• past perfect tense and past simple tense

• past continuous tense and past simple tense

Read the following sentence: 'I saw a movie yesterday.' Which tense is used for 'saw'?

• present tense

• future tense

• continuous tense

• past tense