2SD2_S8 Adventure Grammar Quiz

What did the pirates find on the island?

• They found a treasure chest.

• They finding gold coins.

• They finds a treasure chest.

• They finded the map.

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'They found a treasure chest.' because it is grammatically correct and directly answers the question about what the pirates discovered on the island.

While we ___ (explore) the cave, we heard a strange noise.

• were exploring

• was exploring

• explored

• explores

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'were exploring' because it indicates an ongoing action in the past. The sentence describes a situation where the action of exploring was happening when the strange noise was heard.

The astronaut ___ (see) an alien while she ___ (walk) on the moon.

• saw, was walking

• sees, walks

• was seeing, walked

• has seen, is walking

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'saw, was walking' because it uses the past tense 'saw' for a completed action and the past continuous 'was walking' to indicate an ongoing action at that time.

Yesterday, the diver (a)   (swim) through an underwater cave when he (b)   (see) a sunken ship.

• swam

• swims

• swimmed

• swam

• swam

• saw

• was swimming

• seed

Answer explanation

The correct choices are 'was swimming' and 'saw'. 'Was swimming' indicates an ongoing action in the past, while 'saw' is the simple past form of 'see', fitting the context of the diver's experience.

Rearrange the words to make a correct sentence: 'was / the / map / looking / he / for'

• He was looking for the map.

• For he was the map looking.

• Looking for the he map was.

• The map he was for looking.

Answer explanation

The correct rearrangement is 'He was looking for the map.' This structure follows standard English syntax, placing the subject 'He' first, followed by the verb 'was looking' and the object 'the map'.

Rearrange the words to make a correct sentence: 'while / jungle / we / walking / heard / the / a roar / were / in'

• We were walking in the jungle while we heard a roar.

• We heard a roar while walking in the jungle.

• While walking in the jungle we were a roar heard.

Answer explanation

The correct sentence is 'We heard a roar while walking in the jungle.' This structure clearly indicates the action of hearing the roar occurred during the act of walking in the jungle, maintaining proper grammatical order.

Match the verb with its past tense form.

• found

• see

• swam

• swim

• saw

• explore

• explored

• find

Match the time expression with the correct verb tense.

• yesterday

• past simple

• while

• past continuous

• last week

• past continuous

• as

• past simple

Drag and drop the correct verbs into the blanks: 'The adventurer (a)   (climb) the mountain when he (b)   (hear) a loud noise.'

• climbing

• climbed

• was climbing

• heard

• heared

• hearing

• while

Answer explanation

The correct choices are 'was climbing' and 'heard'. 'Was climbing' indicates an ongoing action when the noise occurred, while 'heard' is the simple past tense for the sudden action of hearing the noise.

Drag and drop the correct verbs into the blanks: 'The treasure hunters (a)   (search) the cave and (b)   (find) gold coins.'

• searched

• finding

• were searching

• found

• sorch

• finded

Answer explanation

The correct verbs are 'searched' and 'found'. 'Searched' is the past tense of 'search', and 'found' is the past tense of 'find', fitting the context of the sentence about past actions.