Grade 5 Grammar Quiz - Aug 2023

True or false? We use the present simple to talk about something that is happening now.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Which of these sentences is in the present continuous tense?

• I rode my bike to the shops.

• I am riding my bike to the shops.

• I often ride my bike to the shops.

• I have ridden my bike to the shops twice this week.

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Choose the correct verb form to complete this past simple sentence.

I _______ at Cambridge University.

• study

• studied

• am studying

• studies

• was studying

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Is the word swim a regular or irregular verb?

• regular

• irregular

When we use the past simple and past continuous together to talk about an action that happened while another action was in progress...

• ...we use the past continuous for the long action, the action that was in progress.

• ...we use the past simple for the long action, the action that was in progress.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

This sentence has two clauses. Which clause is in the past simple tense?

He was ironing his shirt when the phone rang.

• he was ironing his shirt

• the phone rang

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Choose the correct word/words to complete this sentence:

I __________ my guitar when I heard a knock at the door.

• played

• plays

• was playing

• were playing

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Which verb form do we use to form the present perfect?

• infinitive

• past simple

• past participle

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What is the past participle form of the verb know?

• knew

• known

• knowed

• know (no change)

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Choose the correct word/words to complete this present perfect sentence sentence:

Alex __________ 10 slices of pizza!

• ate

• is eating

• has eaten

• eats

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CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D