Past Tenses

Past Tenses

12th Grade

15 Qs

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Past Tenses

Past Tenses

Assessment

Quiz

English

12th Grade

Hard

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

+5

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Eissa was drifting in the desert when the accident __________.

happened

had been happening

was happening

were happening

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Ahmed ____________ in class so he failed the exam.

had not been listening

had listened

was listening

had not listening

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

1 min • 1 pt

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

was finished

were already finished

had already finished

had been already finished

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

1 min • 1 pt

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

Past Simple

Past Continouos

Past Perfect

Past Perfect Continuous

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Present Simple

Past Continuous

Past Perfect

Past Simple

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

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