Time Travel Grammar Challenge
A whole-class 'Millionaire' style game to practise choosing between simple present and simple past tense in everyday sentences.
A free Millionaire Quiz for Young learners at CEFR A2 level. Topic: simple present vs simple past for grade 5.
Questions
- Every day, I ___ to school. — A) goes B) going C) went D) go
- Yesterday, she ___ a book. — A) read B) reads C) is reading D) reading
- My dad ___ to work every day. — A) drives B) drive C) driving D) drove
- Last weekend, we ___ a movie. — A) watching B) watch C) watched D) watches
- Which sentence is correct? — A) She playing tennis yesterday. B) She played tennis yesterday. C) She play tennis yesterday. D) She plays tennis yesterday.
- Which sentence uses the simple present correctly? — A) He eat breakfast every morning. B) He eating breakfast every morning. C) He eats breakfast every morning. D) He ate breakfast every morning.
- Two days ago, the cat ___ up the tree. — A) climb B) climbed C) climbing D) climbs
- Which sentence is correct? — A) She went to the store yesterday. B) She goes to the store yesterday. C) She go to the store yesterday. D) She goed to the store yesterday.
- Which question is correct for talking about the past? — A) Does you go to school yesterday? B) Did you went to school yesterday? C) Did you go to school yesterday? D) Do you went to school yesterday?
- Which sentence correctly matches the time word with the tense? — A) Last week, I visit my grandma. B) Every day, I visit my grandma. C) Yesterday, I visit my grandma. D) Every day, I visited my grandma.
Printable worksheet
This Millionaire Quiz comes with a free printable worksheet: 2 parts for students to do after the game, and an answer key for the teacher. It prints at three levels (Support, Core and Challenge); this is the Core sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.
What's on the worksheet
- Play it again on paper · Circle the right answer.
- Write your own question · Write a new question about simple present vs simple past for grade 5, with one right answer and three wrong ones.
Part 1: Play it again on paper
Circle the right answer.
- Yesterday, she ___ a book. a) is reading b) reads c) reading d) read
- My dad ___ to work every day. a) drives b) drive c) drove d) driving
- Last weekend, we ___ a movie. a) watching b) watch c) watches d) watched