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Simple Past and Past Continuous

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Simple Past and Past Continuous
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Identify the simple past tense in the following sentence: 'She ate her lunch at 1 o'clock.'

eating

eaten

ate

eats

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Form the past continuous tense of the verb in brackets: 'I (read) a book when the phone rang.'

reading

readed

was read

was reading

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Differentiate between simple past and past continuous: 'I played football when it started raining.' Is this simple past or past continuous?

Future perfect

Present continuous

Simple past

Past perfect

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Conjugate the irregular verb 'go' in simple past for the pronoun 'he'.

goed

gone

goed

went

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Identify the simple past tense in the following sentence: 'They visited their grandparents last weekend.'

sleeping

eating

running

visited

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Form the past continuous tense of the verb in brackets: 'She (cook) dinner while her husband was watching TV.'

was cook

was cooking

cooked

cooks

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Differentiate between simple past and past continuous: 'I was reading a book when she called me.' Is this simple past or past continuous?

Future continuous

Present perfect

Simple present

Past continuous

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

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