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Test your knowledge of past tense usage in English language with this engaging quiz.
1
48 random squares
Which past tense is used for actions completed before another past action?
Past Perfect
Past Continuous
Past Perfect Continuous
Simple Past
36% got this right
Past Perfect is used to show the earlier of two past actions.
2
48 random squares
Which past tense is used for completed actions in the past?
Simple Past
Past Continuous
Past Perfect
Past Perfect Continuous
43% got this right
Simple Past is used for actions that started and finished in the past.
3
48 random squares
Which auxiliary verbs are used in Past Perfect tense?
Had
Has
Have
Was
38% got this right
Past Perfect is formed with 'had' + past participle.
4
48 random squares
How many past tenses are there in English?
3 —
4
— 7
49% got this right
There are 4 past tenses: Simple Past, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, and Past Perfect Continuous.
5
48 random squares
Which past tense is used for actions in progress at a specific time in the past?
Past Continuous
Past Perfect
Past Perfect Continuous
Simple Past
49% got this right
Past Continuous is formed with 'was/were' + present participle (verb+ing).
6
48 random squares
Which past tense is used for actions that were ongoing in the past and were interrupted?
Past Continuous
Past Perfect
Past Perfect Continuous
Simple Past
22% got this right
Past Continuous is used for interrupted actions, often with 'when' or 'while'.
7
48 random squares
Order the verbs in the correct past tense sequence: eat, eaten, was eating
1.
Ate
2.
Was eating
3.
Had eaten
79% got this right
Simple Past, Past Continuous, and Past Perfect are the correct sequence.
8
48 random squares
Which past tense is used for actions that were ongoing in the past up to another past action?
Past Perfect Continuous
Past Continuous
Past Perfect
Simple Past
57% got this right
Past Perfect Continuous is formed with 'had been' + present participle (verb+ing).
