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 PRACTICE ON POINTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR

• Past Summary
• Past Diagnostic
• Past Complete
• Past Progressive
• Past Habits
• Reporting Source
• Past Series
• Past Perfect
• Past Perf Edit
• Past / Participles1
• Past / Participles2

Past Tense

Diagnostic Quiz

 

Identify specific English grammar points that need review. Use the study links to find out why a particular answer is correct or incorrect.

 

 

Quiz 1

Beginning – Intermediate

 

 

 

1. Select your response from each menu. Then check your answer.
2. If your response is incorrect, use the study link to guide you to the specific information you need.

 

#	YOUR RESPONSE	CHECK YOUR ANSWER
1.	While I - had was having coffee with a friend in a café, and he told me an interesting story.	Past - background
2.	Last year, Max - goed went was going to Pamplona, Spain to run with the bulls.	Past | Irregular forms
3.	I asked him, "How - is was do did such a crazy custom begin?"   custom (n.) – traditional activity	Past - questions
4.	He - tells tole told me that it started in Northern Spain.	Past
5.	As the cowboys  - took were taking  their cattle to market, some men ran in front of the cattle.	Past - background
6.	I asked, " - Was they trying Were they trying to make them hurry?"	Past
7.	"Yes, the cattle - move moved moving faster and arrived in time for the market."	Past
8.	While the men - ran was running were running , it turned into a competition.   turn into (v.) – became competition (n.) – a race	Past
9.	Young men – run runned ran in front of the bulls.	Past - irregular  |  Past / Participles 2
10.	They – try tried tryed to get to the pens safely before the bulls.   pen (n.) – place where animals are enclosed	Past - irregular
11.	Some men got to the bull pens, and some - do not did not .	Past - auxiliaries
12.	As more competitors came each year, the competition - growed grew growwed .	Past - word forms

 

 

 

 

Quiz 2

Intermediate-Advanced

 

 

1. Select the word or words that best complete the sentence.
2. Compare your response to the answer to the right by clicking the "check" button.

 

#	YOUR RESPONSE	CHECK YOUR ANSWER
13.	" - Your friend did run Did your friend run Were your friend run in the competition?"	Past - auxiliaries
14.	"Yes, he - heared heard had heard about the Running of the Bulls before he traveled to Spain.	Past / Past Perfect
15.	First, he - took had taken a plane to Madrid. Then he took a bus to Pamplona for the San Fermin Fiesta in July.	Past Series of events
16.	He - woke up waked up woken up  early and dressed in the traditional white clothes with a red sash.    sash (n.) – a cloth belt tied around the waist	Past - irregular
17.	The runners - singed sang were singing had sung to a statue of St. Fermin when the fireworks went off.   stature  (n.) – a stone or metal image of an important person	Past
18.	Max   - knew had known   there would be a lot of people, but still he was surprised to see thousands there!	Past / Past Perfect
19.	Many of the competitors - came had come had been coming for years.	Past / Past Perfect
20.	As Max - looked around was looking around , he saw a lot of people doing crazy things.	Past / Past Progressive
21.	People – falled down fell down were falling down and the bulls  – stepped on were stepping on steped on   them.	Past - temp vs perm
22.	Max – pulled had pulled one man out from under a bull seconds before another bull fell.	Past Series
23.	On the side of the race, he saw a woman who - protested was protesting the competiion .	Past
24.	"What - was had been has been that all about?", he asked.	Reporting Source
25.	As Max and I continue having our coffee and talking about his adventure, I - realized have realized I would never risk such a thing.    risk (v.) – dare to do something dangerous	Past