L'Imparfait

What is the English equivalent of the French tense 'L'Imparfait'?

• Past Continuous

• Present Perfect

• Simple Past

• Future Perfect

Which sentence uses the past continuous tense correctly?

• I was reading when the phone rang.

• I read when the phone was ringing.

• I am reading when the phone rang.

• I have read when the phone rang.

Choose the correct past continuous form: 'While she _____ (cook), he was setting the table.'

• was cooking

• cooked

• cooking

• cooks

Identify the sentence that is NOT in the past continuous tense.

• They were playing soccer.

• She was watching TV.

• He is eating dinner.

• We were studying for exams.

Which of the following is a characteristic of the past continuous tense?

• Describes an ongoing action in the past

• Describes a completed action in the past

• Describes a future action

• Describes a habitual action

Fill in the blank: 'I _____ (walk) to the store when I saw the accident.'

• was walking

• walked

• am walking

• have walked

What is the main use of the past continuous tense?

• To describe actions that were ongoing in the past

• To describe actions that will happen in the future

• To describe actions that are happening now

• To describe actions that happened once in the past

Which verb form is used in the past continuous tense?

• was/were + present participle

• have/has + past participle

• will + base form

• had + past participle

Choose the sentence that correctly uses the past continuous tense.

• They were eating dinner when the power went out.

• They eat dinner when the power went out.

• They have eaten dinner when the power went out.

• They will eat dinner when the power went out.

What is the difference between the past continuous and the simple past tense?

• Past continuous describes ongoing actions; simple past describes completed actions.

• Past continuous describes future actions; simple past describes ongoing actions.

• Past continuous describes present actions; simple past describes future actions.

• Past continuous describes habitual actions; simple past describes ongoing actions.