
Past Tenses Quiz
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Which sentence is in the past perfect tense?
She studied all night.
She was studying all night.
She had studied all night.
She studies all night.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
What is the function of the past continuous in this sentence? I was reading when the lights went out.
To show a completed action
To show an action that was in progress and got interrupted
To describe two finished actions
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Which sentence is in the past simple?
They had gone home.
They were going home.
They went home.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Choose the correct sentence that uses past perfect for an earlier action:
She left before he called.
She had left before he called.
She was leaving before he called.
She leaves before he calls.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
What is the main use of the past perfect?
To describe a past habit
To describe an action in progress
To describe an action that happened before another action in the past
To describe a future plan
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Which sentence uses past continuous correctly?
We watched TV when she arrived.
We had watched TV when she arrived.
We were watching TV when she arrived.
We are watching TV when she arrived.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
By the time we arrived, they __________.
leave
were leaving
had left
left
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