This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Future > Future In Past – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Future In Past Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. John and my uncle said that they (can) ..... not do it without my help. A) Will can. B) Would can. C) Could. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could. 2. I ..... leave the house when I realised it was a holiday and I didn't have to go to work. A) Was meant to. B) Would. C) Was about to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was about to. 3. She said she ..... from 2 a.m. till 8 p.m. A) Will not performing. B) Would not perform. C) Would not be performing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would not be performing. 4. She ..... her job. A) Were on the verge of quitting. B) Was on the verge of quitting. C) Was on the verge of quit. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was on the verge of quitting. 5. I'm worried. Are you sure now is the time to work on a new business? A) We didn't know our ideas were going to be successful. B) We don't know our ideas are going to be successful. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We don't know our ideas are going to be successful. 6. She thought it was ..... to rain in the afternoon. Suddenly, the sky became sunny. A) Likely. B) Going. C) Would. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Likely. 7. The scientist told us that the Moon (be) ..... 240, 000 miles from the Earth A) Is. B) Will be. C) Would be. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 8. They said they ..... (be) here by 9pm, but they haven't arrived yet A) Were. B) Would. C) Were to be. D) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would. 9. The teacher was going to give the lesson, but A) His computer broke. B) His computer braking. C) His computer broken. D) His computer break. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His computer broke. 10. In my opinion, it was ..... to save money for the trip. Nobody liked the idea. A) Going. B) Being. C) Unlikely. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unlikely. 11. I think it all happened soon after the concert (end) ..... A) Would end. B) Had ended. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had ended. 12. We ..... for directions when we saw the station ahead of us. A) Would like to ask. B) Were supposed to ask. C) Were on the point of asking. D) Would ask. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were on the point of asking. 13. Our car ..... at the moment so we'll get an Uber. A) Was being repaired. B) Was repaired. C) Is being repaired. D) Is repaired. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is being repaired. 14. We couldn't be at that party, because we ..... abroad the following day. A) Would go. B) Were going. C) Went. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were going. 15. It was the first time I ..... a tattoo, but I knew it ..... my last. A) Had gotten, wouldn't be. B) Have got, wouldn't be. C) Got, wouldn't be. D) Had gotten, would be. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had gotten, wouldn't be. 16. The phone stopped ringing just as I ..... it up. A) Am going to pick. B) Would be pick. C) Would picking. D) Was going to pick. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was going to pick. 17. I told you he ..... (come) to the party. plan A) Was going to come. B) Will. C) Would. D) Came. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was going to come. 18. Choose the correct connector:' ..... I finished my work, I went out.' A) While. B) Before. C) Since. D) After. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After. 19. They ..... any idea about the surprise party. A) Wouldn't be given. B) Weren't to be given. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weren't to be given. 20. You ..... finish the reports before four o'clock. What happened? A) Were about to. B) Would. C) Were supposed to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were supposed to. 21. The bridge ..... been completed last year but there were unexpected delays. A) Was to have. B) Was. C) Had to have. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was to have. 22. The structure sometimes means that: A) The action continues yet. B) The plans happened in the past. C) The action takes place in the past and in the future. D) The plans did not actually happen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The plans did not actually happen. 23. I knew you ..... him. A) Would help. B) Going to. C) Will help. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would help. 24. She promised she ..... an end to the situation, but failed to do so. A) Would put. B) Would have put. C) Was putting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would put. 25. We ..... when the rain started, so had to cancel the walk. A) Would leave. B) Would be leaving. C) Was going to leave. D) Were about to leave. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were about to leave. 26. When can the future-in-the-past forms not be used? A) In present context. B) In future context. C) In object clauses dependent on verbs in the past tense. D) In subordinate adverbial clauses of time and condition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In subordinate adverbial clauses of time and condition. 27. Weren't you ..... to be in a lecture this afternoon and not in bed A) Supposed. B) Thinking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supposed. 28. She knew you ..... help him. A) Would. B) Were helping. C) Will. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would. 29. My teacher wasn't in school that Friday because she ..... (get married) that weekend. A) Would get married. B) Was getting married. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was getting married. 30. The meeting was to have taken place in the hall, A) But had to be cancelled at the last minute. B) And was well attended. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) But had to be cancelled at the last minute. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesFuture In Past Quiz 1Future In Past Quiz 2Future In Past Quiz 3Future In Past Quiz 5Future In Past Quiz 6Future In Past Quiz 7Future In Past Quiz 8Future In Past Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books