School Then and Now

Which sentence correctly uses the Past Simple?

• Students use chalk on the board yesterday
• Students used chalk on the board
• Students uses chalk on the board yesterday
• Students using chalk on the board yesterday

Answer: Students used chalk on the board

What is the Past Simple form of "go" in this sentence: "We ___ to school by bus yesterday"?

• goed
• goes
• going
• went

Answer: went

Which word completes the sentence: "Schools ___ have computers in every classroom"?

• didn't
• doesn't
• not
• weren't

Answer: didn't

What is the Past Simple form of "write"?

• writed
• writes
• written
• wrote

Answer: wrote

Which question is correct in the Past Simple?

• Did children studied Latin?
• Did children study Latin?
• Do children studied Latin?
• Were children study Latin?

Answer: Did children study Latin?

What is the Past Simple form of "learn"?

• learn
• learned
• learning
• learnted

Answer: learned

Complete the sentence: "Our grandparents ___ in wooden desks at school"?

• sat
• sit
• sits
• sitted

Answer: sat

Which sentence tells about a finished event in the past?

• The class is visiting the museum now
• The class visited the museum last week
• The class visits the museum every week
• The class will visit the museum tomorrow

Answer: The class visited the museum last week

What is the Past Simple form of "have"?

• had
• has
• haved
• having

Answer: had

Complete the sentence: "The teacher ___ us a story yesterday"?

• telled
• telling
• tells
• told

Answer: told

Which sentence is negative and correct in the Past Simple?

• We didn't use tablets in class
• We didn't used tablets in class
• We don't used tablets in class
• We weren't use tablets in class

Answer: We didn't use tablets in class

What is the Past Simple form of "buy"?

• bought
• brought
• buyed
• buys

Answer: bought

Complete the sentence: "Many pupils ___ their homework by hand in the past"?

• did
• do
• does
• doing

Answer: did

Which time expression often signals the Past Simple?

• Every day
• Last year
• Next week
• Right now

Answer: Last year

What is the Past Simple form of "teach"?

• taught
• teached
• teaches
• teaching

Answer: taught

Complete the question: "___ your school have a library in 1980?"?

• Did
• Does
• Was
• Were

Answer: Did

Which sentence correctly describes an old school routine?

• Pupils walk to school every morning yesterday
• Pupils walked to school every morning
• Pupils walking to school every morning
• Pupils walks to school every morning

Answer: Pupils walked to school every morning

What is the Past Simple form of "make"?

• made
• maked
• makes
• making

Answer: made

Choose the correct word: "There ___ one computer in our classroom in 1995"?

• are
• be
• was
• were

Answer: was

Choose the correct word: "There ___ many books in the old classroom"?

• be
• is
• was
• were

Answer: were

Which sentence correctly compares school then and now?

• In the past, pupils write on slates, but today they used notebooks
• In the past, pupils writes on slates, but today they use notebooks
• In the past, pupils writing on slates, but today they use notebooks
• In the past, pupils wrote on slates, but today they use notebooks

Answer: In the past, pupils wrote on slates, but today they use notebooks

What is the Past Simple form of "see"?

• saw
• seed
• seen
• sees

Answer: saw

Complete the sentence: "The pupils ___ a song at the school concert last Friday"?

• sang
• singed
• sings
• sung

Answer: sang

Which sentence uses "did" correctly?

• Did you carried your books to school?
• Did you carries your books to school?
• Did you carry your books to school?
• Did you carrying your books to school?

Answer: Did you carry your books to school?

What is the Past Simple form of "take"?

• taked
• taken
• takes
• took

Answer: took

Complete the sentence: "Our class ___ the school garden last spring"?

• plant
• planted
• planting
• plants

Answer: planted

Which sentence is correct?

• The pupils didn't wear uniforms at that school
• The pupils didn't wore uniforms at that school
• The pupils doesn't wear uniforms at that school
• The pupils weren't wear uniforms at that school

Answer: The pupils didn't wear uniforms at that school

What is the Past Simple form of "read"? The spelling stays the same?

• read
• readed
• reading
• reads

Answer: read

Complete the sentence: "When ___ your grandparents start school?"?

• did
• do
• does
• were

Answer: did

Which sentence correctly describes a change from the past to today?

• Teachers use blackboards in the past, and many used screens today
• Teachers used blackboards in the past, and many use screens today
• Teachers uses blackboards in the past, and many use screens today
• Teachers using blackboards in the past, and many use screens today

Answer: Teachers used blackboards in the past, and many use screens today