Past Tense Challenge

Which sentence correctly uses the past continuous tense? A) She played the piano yesterday. B) They were dancing at the party last night.

• I am going to the store right now.

• They were dancing at the party last night.

• He will be reading a book tomorrow.

• She was singing in the shower this morning.

Identify the past simple form in the following sentence: He was reading a book when the phone rang.

• reading

• rang

• book

• phone

Choose the sentence with the correct verb tense: A) I eat breakfast every morning. B) I was eating breakfast when you called.

• C) I eat breakfast when you called.

• B) I was eating breakfast when you called.

• A) I was eating breakfast every morning.

• D) I ate breakfast every morning.

Formulate a sentence using past continuous tense: They (play) football when it started raining.

• They were play football when it started raining.

• They were playing football when it started raining.

• They played football when it started raining.

• They were playing football when it starts raining.

Differentiate the past simple form in this sentence: She cooked dinner while he was watching TV.

• She cooked dinner while he watched TV.

• She cooked dinner while he was watching a movie.

• She was cooking dinner while he watched TV.

• She was cooking dinner while he was watching TV.

Combine past continuous and past simple in a narrative: While I (study) for my exam, my friends (watch) a movie.

• While I study for my exam, my friends watched a movie.

• While I was studying for my exam, my friends were watching a movie.

• While I studied for my exam, my friends were watching a movie.

• While I was studying for my exam, my friends watched a movie.

Identify the correct verb tense in the sentence: A) She was singing in the choir last week. B) She sings in the choir every Sunday.

• She will sing in the choir next week.

• A) She was singing in the choir last week.

• She is singing in the choir every Sunday.

• She sing in the choir last week.

Create a sentence using past simple tense: He (finish) his homework before dinner.

• He finished his homework before dinner.

• He finishing his homework before dinner.

• He finish his homework before dinner.

• He finished his homework after dinner.