Froggy Jumps Past Tense ChallengeOnline version Test your knowledge of past simple and past continuous tenses! by Sara Pireddu 1 What is the past simple form of 'go'? a going b gone c went 2 Which sentence uses past continuous correctly? a I was read when she called. b I was reading when she called. c I read when she called. 3 When do we use past simple? a For future actions. b For ongoing actions in the past. c For completed actions in the past. 4 What is the past continuous form of 'play'? a played b was/were playing c was play 5 Which sentence is in the past simple? a She visited her grandmother. b She visits her grandmother. c She was visiting her grandmother. 6 What does past continuous describe? a Completed actions. b Ongoing actions in the past. c Future actions. 7 Which sentence is correct? a They watched TV when it started to rain. b They were watching TV when it started to rain. c They was watching TV when it started to rain. 8 What is the structure of past simple? a Subject + will + verb. b Subject + past verb. c Subject + was/were + verb. 9 Which sentence uses both tenses correctly? a I was cook when the phone rang. b I cooked when the phone rings. c I was cooking when the phone rang. 10 What is the negative form of past simple? a Subject + was not + verb. b Subject + did not + base verb. c Subject + do not + verb.
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