Your learning path
Start with Past Simple. After you finish a quiz, the next tense will unlock. Your progress is saved automatically.
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Finish all four quizzes to unlock the Final Mixed Quiz at the bottom of this page.
Teacher tip: Use the overview as a “learning path”. Students work individually or in pairs and unlock the next steps.
Past Simple
Use it for: finished actions in the past.
- Time words: yesterday, last week, two days ago, in 2020
- Form: regular verbs + -ed (play → played), irregular verbs (go → went)
- Negative: did not + base verb (didn’t play)
- Question: Did + subject + base verb? (Did you play?)
Past Continuous
Use it for: actions in progress at a specific time in the past.
- Form: was/were + verb + -ing (I was reading)
- Often with: while / when
- Negative: was not / were not + -ing
- Question: Was/Were + subject + -ing?
Past Perfect
Use it for: one past action happened before another past action.
- Form: had + past participle (had eaten, had gone)
- Often with: because, after, before, when
Past Perfect Continuous
Use it for: an action that started earlier and continued up to another past moment.
- Form: had been + verb + -ing (had been studying)
- Often with: for / since
Final step
Complete all four quizzes to unlock the final mixed quiz.
The final quiz mixes all past tenses. It is only available after you complete the four tense quizzes.