Simple Past
Last year, fake photos of celebrities ______ (to begin) to circulate online, but they are no longer on the internet now.
a) begin b) was beginning c) began
It was _____ (to snow) a lot this evening.
a) snow b) snowing c) snowwing
b) snowing
Simple past:
The news article _____ (to report, negative)
a) not reported b) did not report c) did not reported
b) did not report
Did you _____ (to yawn) while I was _____ (to talk) to you?
a) yawn, talking b) yawned, talking c) yawn, talk
True or false? The longest action in a sentence in the past is in the simple past form.
E.g. She was walking when it started to rain.
False, it is in the past continuous form (was walking).
Yesterday, the baseball player _____ (to bat) the ball.
a) batted b) bated c) bat d) bats
a) batted
My family and I _____ (to watch) the news together when my friend called me.
a) watch b) watching c) was watching d) were watching
d) were watching
Past continuous:
You and I _____ (to research) an important Canadian event for our project over the past weekend.
a) research b) researching c) was researching d) were researching
d) were researching
The team _____ playing soccer when it _____ (to start) to rain.
a) were/started b) was/started c) was/starts
b) was/started
True or false? To form the past continuous tense of a verb, you always need was/were + verbing.
E.g. She was walking when it started to rain.
True
During the covid pandemic, much of the information online and on social media ______ false.
a) is b) was c) were d) are
b) was
_____ they _____ (to dance) with all those famous people, or was that a fake photo?
a) Were they dancing b) Were they dance c) Was they dancing d) Was they dance
a) Were they dancing
The students _____ an article that was not even true for the test today.
a) study b) studyed c) studied d) was studying
c) studied
Before Dan _____ (to become) famous, he _____ (to deliver) pizza.
became, was delivering
became, delivered
In which of these situations do you use the past continuous tense?
a) an action in the past that is in progress
b) an action in the past that is completed
c) an action that started in the past and is still happening now
a) an action in the past that is in progress
_____ you _____ (to see) that new study about the average time teenagers spend on video games?
a) Do you saw b) Did you saw c) Did you seed d) Did you see
d) Did you see
He _____ (to drag) his feet everytime he had to do an exam.
a) dragging b) draging c) was draging d) were draging e) was dragging
e) was dragging
I _____ (to read) an article but stopped when my dog started barking.
was reading
You _____ (know negative) what to do while they _____ (make) that noise.
didn't know, were making
What auxiliary verb (first verb) do you need to conjugate in the simple past to form the present progressive tense?
a) to do b) to have c) to be d) to walk
c) to be (was/were)
Rephrase this as a question:
The game started at 6 pm.
Did the game start at 6 pm?
OR
When/What time did the game start?
Fill in and spell correctly:
The picture of Lady Liberty looked fake because she _____ (to look, negative) in the right direction.
was not looking
Fill in and spell correctly (past continuos):
It _____ (to rain) for a long time before the sky cleared up.
a) was raining
Fill in and spell:
I _____ (to write) my report when the phone _____ (to ring).
was writing, rang
When do you double the last letter of a regular verb in the simple past?
Example: Yesterday, I dragged my groceries home.
a) when the word is long
b) when the word is one syllable
c) when the word is long and ends with a vowel
d) when the word is one syllable and ends with a vowel then a consonant
d) when the word is one syllable and ends with a vowel then a consonant