
MARCH 25, QTR 3: Simple Past Tense Questions with WAS, WERE & DID
Quiz by Mary Stormon-Flynn
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True or False? Was and Were are the correct forms of BE in the simple past tense.
True or False? If you ask a question in the simple past with one verb, you only use WAS or WERE?
True or False, the subject of a question must agree with the verb? (E.g., Was the boy in the library?)
You use WAS for I, he, she, it, zie (gender neutral)?
You use WERE for you (plural / more than one) only?
You use WERE for you (singular) and you (plural)?
You use WERE for you (singular and plural), we, they.
True or False? We usually start the questions with WAS & WERE. However, we can use a statement to create a question, if you are trying to confirm something. E.g., Your teacher was in the library?
True or False? When asking questions with WAS & WERE in the simple past, WAS & WERE are usually the first in the question.
Use the information you have now. Which question is correct?
Which question is correct?
Which question is correct?
True or False? Was and were are the past tense of BE.
True or False? There are three forms of BE in the simple present tense.
All the forms of BE in the simple present tense are: IS, ARE.
All the forms of BE in the simple present tense are: AM, IS, ARE.
True or False? If you create a question in the simple past without the verb BE, you must use the verb DID.
When you use a question with DID in the simple past, the main verb is in the BASE form.
True or False? A synonym for (another word for) the BASE form of a verb is the ROOT form.
True or False? The BASE / ROOT form of GO is GO.
Which question is correct?
True or False? If you are asking a question with DID and you want to confirm something, you can put the subject of the sentence first and use the word did? E.g., Your brother did win the game?
Which question is correct?
What is the simple past of DO?
REVIEW: Which answer shows the correct form(s) of BE in the simple past tense?
REVIEW: Which answer shows the correct forms of BE in the simple present tense?
Be careful! Which question is typed correctly?
Be careful! Which question is correct?