Simple Past vs Past continuous

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9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Which tense is used to describe an action that happened at a specific time in the past?
Simple Past
Past continuous
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
They ....................................very fast when the car hit the tree.
was driving
were driving
are driving
drove
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1D
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
He .......................................... the glass while he ............................................the washing up.
did dropping /was doing
was dropping / did
dropped / did
dropped / was doing
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1E
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Who ............................................to you when I .............................you in the park?
were talking / saw
was talking / saw
talking / saw
are talking / sawed
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1D
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Which tense is used to describe an ongoing action in the past?
Simple Past
Past Continuous
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1D
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Yesterday, the concert ____ at 7:30 and ____ at 12 o’clock
Begining, finishing
Begun, finished
Began, finished
Begins, finishs
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1D
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
This time last year she ____ novel
read
readed
was reading
is reading
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1D
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
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