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MARCH 25, QTR 3: Simple Past Tense Questions with WAS, WERE & DID

Quiz by Mary Stormon-Flynn

Grades 9-10
English Language Arts
Common Core

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  • Q1

    True or False?  Was and Were are the correct forms of BE in the simple past tense. 

    True

    False

    30s
  • Q2

    True or False? If you ask a question in the simple past with one verb, you only use WAS or WERE?

    False

    True

    30s
  • Q3

    True or False, the subject of a question must agree with the verb?  (E.g., Was the boy in the library?)

    False

    True

    30s
  • Q4

    You use WAS for I, he, she, it, zie (gender neutral)?

    Yes.

    No.

    30s
  • Q5

    You use WERE for you (plural / more than one) only?

    False

    True

    20s
  • Q6

    You use WERE for you (singular) and you (plural)? 

    No. 

    Yes.

    30s
  • Q7

    You use WERE for you (singular and plural), we, they. 

    False

    True

    20s
  • Q8

    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?

    False

    True

    45s
  • Q9

    True or False? When asking questions with WAS & WERE in the simple past, WAS & WERE are usually the first in the question.  

    True

    False

    30s
  • Q10

    Use the information you have now.  Which question is correct?

    Were you in the library? 

    Were in the library? 

    Was you in the library?

    You was in the library? 

    30s
  • Q11

    Which question is correct?

    Were your friends at first lunch?

    Was your friends at first lunch? 

    Your friends, they was at first lunch? 

    Your friends, they were at first lunch? 

    30s
  • Q12

    Which question is correct?

    The math tests difficult?

    Was the math tests difficult? 

    Were the math tests difficult?

    The math tests, was they difficult? 

    30s
  • Q13

    True or False?  Was and were are the past tense of BE.

    False

    True

    30s
  • Q14

    True or False?  There are three forms of BE in the simple present tense

    False

    True

    20s
  • Q15

    All the forms of BE in the simple present tense are: IS, ARE.

    False

    30s

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