Tense Revision - grammar
Authored by Tom Colombo
English
9th - 10th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
To talk about events that occured regularly in the past, we use
the past simple
the present simple
the past continuous
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
CCSS.L.3.1E
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
"Before that, he had been to Canada" is an example of
the present perfect
the past simple
the past perfect
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
CCSS.L.5.1B
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The difference between the past simple and the present perfect lies in the fact that
the past simple focuses on "when" rather than "that" something happened
the past simple is about the past and the present perfect about the present
there is no difference
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
CCSS.L.3.1E
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A long action described using the past continuous is usually introduced by the word
when
while
suddenly
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
CCSS.L.3.1D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
"Last month", "When I was a child", "In 1986", are all specific time references that tell us to use the past simple. But what are these words also called?
sign words
signal words
slang words
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
CCSS.L.3.1D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
As I was reading a book, my brother ...
was doing the dishes
did the dishes
has done the dishes
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
CCSS.L.3.1D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The present continuous has many uses. One of them is to talk about
the distant future
the near future
the future in the past
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
CCSS.L.3.1E
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