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How a past simple video quiz helps

Most video lessons on the past simple cover regular and irregular verbs, time markers like yesterday and last year, and negatives with did not. Watching is easy, but the forms rarely stick until you retrieve them yourself. A past simple video quiz turns the transcript of that lesson into questions you answer on your own.

Paste a transcript or notes instead of uploading video
Multiple choice, true/false and open questions with explanations
Focus on regular, irregular and negative past simple forms
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Example past simple quiz questions

Choose the correct form: Yesterday we ___ to the market. (go / went / gone)went. Yesterday marks a finished time, and went is the past simple of go, while gone needs a helper verb like have.

True or false: The past simple of study is studied.True. Verbs ending in a consonant plus y change the y to i and add -ed in the past simple.

Which sentence is correct? A) I didn't saw the film. B) I didn't see the film.B) I didn't see the film. After did not, the verb returns to its base form, not the past form.

Rewrite in the past simple: She writes a letter every week. (Use last week.)She wrote a letter last week. Last week points to a finished past time, so the verb moves to the past simple.

Which tense fits: When I was a child, I ___ in a small village. (lived / have lived)lived. The phrase when I was a child names a finished period in the past, so it takes the past simple.

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Built from your own material

Upload a PDF, slides or a text file, or paste a transcript. The quiz covers the verbs and examples in your lesson, not a generic set.

Three question types

Choose multiple choice, true/false or short open questions. Mix them to check recognition and production of past simple forms.

Explanations for each answer

Every question includes a short explanation of why the answer is correct, so wrong answers become a lesson on irregular verbs and time markers.

How it works

Paste the transcript or notes

Copy the captions or transcript from the video, or type your notes. You can also upload a PDF or slides from the lesson.

Pick question types and count

Select multiple choice, true/false or open questions and how many you want. The quiz is ready in moments.

Practice and review

Answer in the browser, read the explanations, and retake the questions you missed until the past forms feel automatic.

Build the quiz from the same material you studied. Paste the captions, then review the explanations after each answer so the reasons behind irregular forms like went and written stay with you. Short open questions show whether you can produce the right form, not just spot it.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I make a past simple quiz from a video?

Copy the transcript or captions from the video, or type your notes, and paste them into DeckOwl. Choose your question types and count, and the quiz is generated from that text.

What mistakes do students make most with the past simple?

Many students add -ed to irregular verbs, writing goed or buyed, and they use the past participle after did, as in did not gone. Practice with explanations helps fix both patterns.

Can I export the quiz?

Plus includes PDF and DOCX export and costs $39/year or $7.99/month. QTI 2.1 and Moodle XML export are included in Pro at $14.99/month.

Does DeckOwl work directly from a video file?

No. DeckOwl reads PDF, DOCX, PPTX, plain text and images, so use the transcript or your notes from the video instead.

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