Simple Past - Past Continuous

·  When I ______________ (drive), I ____________ (see) an accident. 

• drove   /   was seeing
• was driving   /   saw
• driven    /    seen
• drive   /   see

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

What tense is used in the following sentence?: She came home, switched on the computer and checked her e-mails.

• Simple past
• Past continuous
• Present simple
• Present Perfect

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

If you want to express that a new action happened in the middle of another action, What tenses do you need?

• Simple past and present simple
• present continuous and simple past
• Past continuous and pesent progressive
• Simple Past and Past continuous

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

Which action was in progress in the following clause/sentences:
1. My mobile rang
2. when I was sitting in a meeting 

• Sentence 1
• Sentence 2

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

What tense do you use with the following verbs?
be, cost, fit, mean, suit

• Simple past
• Past continuous

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

“the verbs ‘heat’, ‘love’ can ONLY be used in past simple because they are”

• Brain work
• Senses
• States
• Feelings

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

what are the signal words for the past continuous?

• when / while / as long as
• § 
  
  first / then

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

·  When I ____________ (do) the washing-up, I ____________ (break) a plate. 

• did   /   was breaking
• do   /   broke
• was doing   /   broke
• done    /     broken

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

She __________ (go) to school, __________ (take) out her textbook and __________ (begin) to learn. 

• went   /   was taking   /   began
• was going   /   took   /   was begining
• go  /  take  /  begin
• went   /   took   /   began

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

When do you use the past continuous?

• To talk about one action after the other.
• to talk about actions that happened at the same time.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B