Past Simple and Past Continuous

Past Simple and Past Continuous

8th Grade

25 Qs

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Assessment

Quiz

English

8th Grade

Hard

CCSS
L.4.1B, L.1.1G, L.5.1.B-D

+7

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

25 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Someone _________(steal) her diamond ring yesterday.

was stealing

were stealing

stole

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

While mom _________(cook), I was doing homework.

was cooking

were cooking

cooked

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Gina _________(fish) at this time yesterday.

was fishing

were fishing

fished

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Choose the correct options:


My mom had / was having breakfast near the computer when she spilled / was spilling her cup of coffee on the keyboard.

had – spilled

was having – was spilling

had – was spilling

was having – spilled

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Actions happening simultaniously in the past are expressed by:

Past continuous

Past Simple

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

6.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Complete the sentence with the past continuous form:


_____ (Joe and Sam - use) the wrong program in IT yesterday?

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

7.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Complete the sentence with the past continuous form:


_____ (Joe and Sam - use) the wrong program in IT yesterday?

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

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