Present and Past Tenses

What is the use of Past Simple here?

I went to the cinema yesterday.

• finished past action

• habit

• duration

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

When we arrived, the film __________

• started

• have started

• had started

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 use of past perfect simple in the sentence?

I went out after I had done my homework.

• action happened before another past action

• two simultaneous actions

• duration of an action

• none

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

He _____________ the car for two hours.

• had been repairing

• is repairing

• repairs

• has been repairing

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

It _________ (rain) very hard at the moment.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What is the use of Present Continuous in this sentence?

Jeremy usually goes to school by bus, but today his dad is driving him.

• routine

• fixed arrangement in the near future

• right now

• temporary situation

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Jeremy usually _______ (go) to school by bus, but today his dad is driving him.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What is the name of the underlined tense?

I went out after I had done my homework.

• Past Simple

• Present Perfect Simple

• Past Perfect Simple

• Past Continuous

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 use of Past Continuous here?

I was doing my homework when the phone rang.

• short action interrupted longer action

• finished past action

• habit

• longer action interrupted by short action

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What is the use of Past Simple here?

I was doing my homework when the phone rang

• longer action interrupted by the short action

• short action interrupted longer action

• finished action

• general information

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D