curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/en-b1-quiz-past-experiences/6960415647143b144f20b94d.md
This quiz checks your understanding of how to describe past events, problems, and situations at work.
To pass the quiz, you must correctly answer at least 18 of the 20 questions below.
Read each question and choose the correct answer. There's only one correct answer for each question.
What is the correct question form of this sentence: We found the document we needed?
Found we the document we needed?
Did we found the document we needed?
Do we find the document we needed?
Did we find the document we needed?
Which sentence uses the correct preposition to describe being trapped on a task?
I'm stuck in this task and can't move forward.
I'm stuck for this task and can't move forward.
I'm stuck by this task and can't move forward.
I'm stuck on this task and can't move forward.
Listen to the audio. How would you answer this question? <!-- (quiz audio) Lisa: Hey, James. Did you find that bug we were stuck on yesterday? -->
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Yes, I was. / No, I wasn't.
Yes, I found. / No, I didn't find.
Yes, I have. / No, I haven't.
Yes, I did. / No, I didn't.
What does this sentence express: It was quite a hunt to find those bugs?
It was easy to find the bugs.
Someone was hunting animals.
The bugs disappeared quickly.
It took a lot of effort to find the bugs.
Which definition is incorrect?
First is used to describe the initial action.
Then refers to the next immediate step.
Finally marks the last step in a sequence.
Once means everything happened many times.
Which of the following past forms is incorrect?
To check → checked
To be → was / were
Work → worked
To make → maked
What are error logs used for?
To design a new interface
To store employee contact details
To schedule meetings
To record and identify system problems
You want to refer to an unspecified thing, so you say: BLANK is wrong with the code.
Everything
Nothing
Anything
Something
Which of the following is NOT an example of credentials?
Username
Password
Access key
Monitor screen
What does to handle mean?
To ignore a task
To delete a file
To complain about a problem
To manage something
Which of the following is true about this sentence: I was thinking we could do a project overview?
It describes a single finished action in the past.
It shows a permanent fact about the project.
It describes a repeated habit in the past.
It describes a continuous action that was happening in the past.
What is a learning curve?
A graph that shows company profits
A mistake in a training program
A short meeting about progress
The time and effort needed to learn something new
Listen to the audio. What is asked with this question? <!-- (quiz audio) Jake: What's on your mind? -->
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"text": "What's on your mind?"
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Jake is asking what time it is.
Jake is asking about your schedule.
Jake is asking about your past experience.
Jake is asking what you are thinking about.
True or false: Closely describes something that happens continuously or very frequently.
That's true.
It depends on the speaker.
It depends on the context.
That's false.
Which sentence refers to something that was true in the past but is not true now?
I am currently working remotely from my home office three days a week.
I will work remotely once the new policy is approved next month.
I was working remotely yesterday because the office was closed.
I used to work remotely when the company allowed flexible schedules.
What does in real time mean?
After a long delay
At the end of the day
Before something starts
Immediately as it happens
Which of the following means to review or examine something in detail?
To go up
To go out
To go back
To go through
What's the difference between would and used to?
They are always used in exactly the same way.
Used to is only for future plans.
Would describes present situations.
Would describes past habits only, while used to can describe past habits and states.
What does so that mean in this sentence: We updated the system so that it would run faster?
It shows a contrast between the old system and the new one.
It introduces the result that happened by accident.
It describes a habit the system had in the past.
It explains the purpose of updating the system.
When would you say What a surprise to someone?
Your colleague submits the report exactly on time, as expected.
Your manager explains the project requirements step by step.
You ask a coworker to help you fix a bug.
A teammate who is usually late arrives early to the meeting.