Past Tenses

Nahyan had a sore throat. It was Thursday and he __________ songs for his teachers.

• had sang

• had been singing

• was been singing

• were singing

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1B

Eissa was drifting in the desert when the accident __________.

• happened

• had been happening

• was happening

• were happening

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1E

Ahmed ____________ in class so he failed the exam.

• had not been listening

• had listened

• was listening

• had not listening

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1B

When Khaled arrived, the party __________. He was very sad.

• was finished

• were already finished

• had already finished

• had been already finished

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1B

Which tense is this?
"Mozart wrote more than 600 pieces of music"

• Past Simple

• Past Continouos

• Past Perfect

• Past Perfect Continuous

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1E

What tense do we use to mention a sequence of actions?

• Present Simple

• Past Continuous

• Past Perfect

• Past Simple

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

Past Perfect is used for ...

• saying the facts and situations in the past

• mentioning the events having happened first actions in the past

• talking how long the action was in progress in the past

• for results in the past

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1B

We use ... to show the event stopped one activity. For longer activities we use ... .

• Past Perfect\Past Simple

• Past Continuous\Past Simple

• Past Simple\Past Perfect

• Past Simple\Past Continuous

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1B

To set (demonstrate) the scene we use ...

• Past Simple

• Past Perfect

• Past Continuous

• Present Perfect

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1D

Which tenses are these?
"When we arrived, he had already gone home."

• Past Simple, Past Perfect

• Past Perfect, Past Simple

• Past Simple, Past Perfect Continuous

• Past Perfect, Past Perfect

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1B