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Past Tense

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(162 votes)
8 questions
English
AI Generated
Test your knowledge of past tense usage in English language with this engaging quiz.
1
48 random squares
AI Generated

Which past tense is used for actions completed before another past action?

Past Perfect

Past Continuous

Past Perfect Continuous

Simple Past

37% got this right

Past Perfect is used to show the earlier of two past actions.
2
48 random squares
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Which past tense is used for completed actions in the past?

Simple Past

Past Continuous

Past Perfect

Past Perfect Continuous

44% got this right

Simple Past is used for actions that started and finished in the past.
3
48 random squares
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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
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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
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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).
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48 random squares
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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

Hard  23% got this right

Past Continuous is used for interrupted actions, often with 'when' or 'while'.
7
48 random squares
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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
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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

58% got this right

Past Perfect Continuous is formed with 'had been' + present participle (verb+ing).