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Past Tenses Review

Authored by Indiana Ricci

English

2nd Grade

CCSS covered

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Past Tenses Review
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the use of the simple past tense?

To describe completed actions.

To describe actions in progress.

To describe actions that happened before another action.

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

How is the past continuous formed?

Subject + was/were + verb-ing

Subject + had + past participle

Subject + verb in past

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

What is the key difference between the past perfect and the simple past?

The past perfect is used for actions completed before another action.

The simple past is used for actions in progress.

The past perfect is used to describe actions that happened in the past.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

4.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Complete the sentence: 'I (a)   (eat) before you called.'

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

30 sec • 1 pt

When is the past perfect tense typically used?

To describe actions that were completed before a specific time in the past.

To describe ongoing actions in the past.

To describe future actions.

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

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following sentences uses the past continuous tense correctly?

I was reading a book when she called.

I read a book yesterday.

I have read a book last week.

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

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the structure of a negative sentence in the simple past tense?

Subject + did not + base form of the verb

Subject + was/were + not + verb-ing

Subject + had + not + past participle

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

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