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Simple Past - Past Continuous

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Simple Past - Past Continuous
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

·  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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

“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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

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