Understanding Past Continuous Tense

Understanding Past Continuous Tense

Assessment

Interactive Video

English

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Richard Gonzalez

FREE Resource

This video tutorial from Lingua Vancouver explains the past continuous tense, focusing on its structure, usage, and how it interacts with other past actions. The instructor breaks down the tense into simple components, illustrating its use with examples. The video also covers the difference between 'when' and 'while' in the context of past continuous, providing tips to remember their correct usage. The tutorial concludes with a summary and encourages viewers to engage with the content by leaving comments and subscribing for more lessons.

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21 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main challenge for beginners when learning the past continuous tense?

Understanding its structure

Applying it in future contexts

Using it in present situations

Learning its vocabulary

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is the correct structure for the past continuous tense?

Subject + was/were + past participle

Subject + was/were + base verb

Subject + base verb + ing

Subject + was/were + present participle

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When do we use the past continuous tense?

To describe hypothetical situations

To describe present actions

To describe two past situations and their interaction

To describe future plans

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the past continuous tense help describe?

Hypothetical scenarios

Future plans

Present actions

Two past situations and their interaction

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the sentence 'I was walking when I fell', which action is continuous?

Neither action

Both actions

Falling

Walking

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do you form a question in the past continuous tense?

By adding 'do' at the beginning

By using 'did' before the subject

By placing 'was/were' at the end

By swapping the subject and 'was/were'

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What can be used as an interruption in a past continuous sentence?

A future event

A time reference

A hypothetical situation

A question

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