This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Future > Future In Past – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Future In Past Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Jane said Sam ..... (bring) his sister with him, but he came alone. plan A) Brought. B) Would. C) Will. D) Was going to bring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was going to bring. 2. Identify the future in the past in the sentence:'They were going to leave early.' A) Are going to leave. B) Had gone to leave. C) Were leaving early. D) Were going to leave. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were going to leave. 3. The next day we ..... to Germany, where we ..... a meeting. A) Will fly / would attend. B) Were flying / were due to attend. C) Were going to fly / attended. D) Would fly / attended. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were flying / were due to attend. 4. He ..... to Iraq, but he came down with an infection before the trip. A) Will sent. B) Was going to be sent. C) Will be sent. D) Would sent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was going to be sent. 5. I ..... Sam for money, but I didn't because I don't want to owe him anything. A) Was going to ask. B) Will ask. C) Was asking. D) Would ask. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was going to ask. 6. The children ..... to see that film at the weekend. A) Were hoping. B) Would be. C) Were about. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were hoping. 7. Who was ..... to be dropping the car at the garage this week? A) Meant. B) About. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meant. 8. I knew you ..... about the homework. A) Would not ask. B) Were not asking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would not ask. 9. Ben ..... unlikely to apply to the NASA, but he tried anyway. A) Is. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 10. Jennifer told me that she and her husband ..... travel to Miami. A) Is going to. B) Are going. C) Were going to. D) Was going to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were going to. 11. My sister ..... she would have ..... essay by Monday A) Hoped/written. B) Hoped/ wrote. C) Hopes/ written. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hoped/written. 12. You promised you ..... my car again without asking. A) Wouldn't borrow. B) Was supposed to be. C) Would have bought. D) Was about to go. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wouldn't borrow. 13. Nuclear energy was ..... be used around the world when the Chernobyl disaster happened. A) About to. B) Will. C) Is going to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) About to. 14. They ..... a party, but now they can't due to the pandemic. A) Were to have organised. B) Were to organise. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were to have organised. 15. I ..... you a present, but I didn't know it was your birthday. A) Would have bought. B) Was about to go. C) Was supposed to be. D) Wouldn't borrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would have bought. 16. Lucia ..... (hang) the clothes after she finished washing everything. A) Was going to hang. B) Were going to hang. C) Was she going to hang. D) Was hanging to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was going to hang. 17. Jen arrived in Cairo where she ..... the next 2 years of her life. A) Had spent. B) Was spending. C) Would spend. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would spend. 18. The fingerprints found at the scene of the crime ..... vital in solving it. A) Were being. B) Were to be. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were to be. 19. My parents ..... (give) me permission to go, so I didn't even ask them. A) Were going to not give. B) Weren't going to give. C) They weren't going to. D) Wasn't going to give. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weren't going to give. 20. Choose the correct future in the past form:'They ..... (be) at the party.' A) Are being. B) Will be. C) Would be. D) Were being. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would be. 21. I ..... the car, but I thought I didn't really need it and decided not to do it. A) Was going to buy. B) Would buy. C) Was buying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was going to buy. 22. That evening John was really excited because the next morning he ..... back home on the first bus. A) Would go. B) Went. C) Was going. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was going. 23. The teacher ..... (show) the video while we worked on the activity. A) Was going show. B) Was showing. C) Was going to show. D) Was going showing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was going to show. 24. When can the future-in-the-past forms be used in object clauses? A) After verbs in the conditional tense. B) After verbs in the present tense. C) After verbs in the future tense. D) After verbs in the past tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After verbs in the past tense. 25. I ..... make some cupcakes, but then my oven broke A) Would. B) Were being. C) Were going to. D) Was going to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was going to. 26. The last time I spoke to Tom, he / married. I don't know if he did or not! A) Was getting. B) Would get. C) Was going to get. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was going to get. 27. I ..... a difficult question in my oral exam but I passed. A) Was asked. B) Asked. C) Was asking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was asked. 28. I ..... you last night, but I got home late. A) Was going to call. B) Was calling. C) Called. D) Had called. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was going to call. 29. Marat thought he would ..... A) Has read. B) Have readed. C) Have read. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have read. 30. Our teacher believes we will all pass the test. A) Our teacher beleived we would all all pass the test. B) Our teacher believed that we were going to pass the test. C) Our teacher believed we passed the test. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Our teacher beleived we would all all pass the test. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesFuture In Past Quiz 1Future In Past Quiz 2Future In Past Quiz 3Future In Past Quiz 4Future 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