Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous

Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous

5th Grade

20 Qs

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Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous

Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous

Assessment

Quiz

English

5th Grade

Medium

CCSS
L.4.1B, L.5.1.B-D, L.5.1B

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Alexandra Nynych

Used 22+ times

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20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the difference between past perfect and past perfect continuous?

The past perfect tense is used to show an action that happened before another action in the past, while the past perfect continuous tense is used to show a continuous action that happened before another action in the past.

There is no difference between past perfect and past perfect continuous.

The past perfect continuous is used for future actions, while the past perfect is used for past actions.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which tense is used to describe an action that started in the past and continued up until another point in the past?

Past Simple tense

Past perfect tense

Present perfect tense

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Complete the sentence: She _______ for two hours before she finally found her keys.

had searched

had been searching

searched

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Complete the sentence: They _______ for the whole day before they reached the summit.

were hiking

hike

hiked

had been hiking

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Complete the sentence: He _______ for three hours when the phone finally rang.

will be driving

has been sleeping

was cooking

had been waiting

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Complete the sentence: We _______ all day, so we were exhausted by the evening.

were working

worked

had worked

had been working

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Complete the sentence: She _______ the book before she went to bed.

had been reading

read

was reading

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

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