F2: U2: Past Simple / Past Continuous
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which tense do you use to talk about longer actions in progress at a time in the past?
Past Simple
Present Continuous
Present Perfect
Past Continuous
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
CCSS.L.3.1D
2.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
_____________ (she/stand) outside when it started to rain?
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
CCSS.L.3.1D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which tense do we use to describe so-called 'short actions' in the past?
Present Perfect
Past Simple
Present Simple
Past Perfect
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
CCSS.L.3.1D
4.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple and the Past Continuous.
When we _________(finish) our classes the weather was good – it __________ (not/rain).
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
30 sec • 1 pt
When my dad _________ (get) his first smartphone, I __________ (be) just a baby.
When my dad _________ (get) his first smartphone, I __________ (be) just a baby.
get, was
got, were
got, was
get, were
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
CCSS.L.3.1E
6.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Use the prompts to make sentences in the Past Continuous:
Emily and Kate / not / study / at nine o’clock.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
CCSS.L.3.1E
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
When your brother ___________ ( cook) lunch yesterday, __________ (you / help) him?
When your brother ___________ ( cook) lunch yesterday, __________ (you / help) him?
cooked, did you helped
was cooking, were you helping
was cooking, did you help
were cooking, were helping
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
CCSS.L.3.1D
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