This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Talking About The Past – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Talking About The Past Quiz 11 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. To describe what someone was doing at a particular point in time A) Past continuous. B) Past simple. C) Past perfect. D) Past perfect continuous. E) Could/ may / might + have + pp. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past continuous. 2. This country ..... the latest influx of political refugees. A) Has been welcoming. B) Has welcomed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has welcomed. 3. Intervention was urgently required-the starving children ..... weaker by the day and there was little sign of an end to the drought. A) Grew. B) Were growing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were growing. 4. To describe parallel actions A) Past simple. B) Past continuous. C) Past perfect. D) Would. E) Past perfect continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past continuous. 5. When John ..... home, we told him what ..... earlier that afternoon. A) Had got / was happening. B) Got / had happened. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got / had happened. 6. At midnight Mr Rochester ..... the stairs and went into his bedchamber. A) Had climbed. B) Climbed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climbed. 7. By the time the concert started, fans ..... all the tickets. A) Had already bought. B) Bought. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had already bought. 8. What's the past tense for FIGHT? A) Fighted. B) Fought. C) Fights. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fought. 9. How do you write USAR in English? A) Wear. B) Do. C) Have. D) Want. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wear. 10. I ..... she was your best friend. A) Thoughted. B) Thoght. C) Thinked. D) Thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thought. 11. Someone ..... me anonymously yesterday. A) Call. B) Caul. C) Calls. D) Called. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Called. 12. YOU KNOW THAT BOOK YOU ..... ME ABOUT LAST WEEKEND? WELL, I ..... IT. LOOK. A) WERE TELLING/HAD BOUGHT. B) TOLD/WAS BUYING. C) TOLD/HAD BOUGHT. D) WERE TELLING/HAVE BOUGHT. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) WERE TELLING/HAVE BOUGHT. 13. The staff ..... to be paid weekly but now they receive a monthly salary. A) Were used. B) Used. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Used. 14. To describe a past action, already started and continued up to another action or time in the past A) Past continuous. B) Past simple. C) Past perfect. D) Past perfect continuous. E) Would. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past perfect continuous. 15. What is the PAST of this sentence:Mary is busy and she goes to bed. A) Mary was busy and she went to bed. B) Mary is busy and she went to bed. C) Mary was busy and she goed to bed. D) Mary was busy and she go to bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mary was busy and she went to bed. 16. Faten ..... up and then ..... a shower before 5 am all of last week. A) Woke ; took. B) Was wake; was take. C) Wakes ; takes. D) Woken ; taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Woke ; took. 17. "When I ..... a child, ..... an amazing square close to my house ..... many kids there. I played a lot with them!" A) Was / there was / There were. B) Was / there were / There was. C) Were / there were / There was. D) Were / there was / There were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was / there was / There were. 18. They ..... the game three years back. A) Have won. B) Won. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Won. 19. My crush ..... me a cute message on insta. A) Wrote. B) Write. C) Writes. D) Writed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wrote. 20. At the time of the take-over the company's shares ..... in value for several months. A) Had declined. B) Had been declining. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been declining. 21. Did you go anywhere last weekend? A) Yes, I did. I work all day. B) No, I didn't. I didn't go anywhere. C) She went to a karaoke bar and sang with some friends. D) He stayed at home and studied for a test. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No, I didn't. I didn't go anywhere. 22. Rewrite the sentences using was, wasn't, were, or weren't:He didn't come to class yesterday A) He wasn't in class yesterday. B) He wasn't at work yesterday. C) Was Tony at home yesterday?. D) He was at a baseball game. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He wasn't in class yesterday. 23. When the film ..... , the children ..... straight to bed. A) Was ending / were going. B) Ended / went. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ended / went. 24. Which one is about an action that lasted for a time? A) My brother mopped the floor before I arrived home. B) My brother dropped the mop when he was mopping the floor. C) My brother has mopped the floor once in his life. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My brother dropped the mop when he was mopping the floor. 25. When do we use the past perfect? A) To talk about something that started in the past and continues in the present. B) To talk about something that happened before and after a specific time in the past. C) To express guesses about the past. D) To talk about the future from a time in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To talk about something that happened before and after a specific time in the past. 26. How do you write PELEAR in English? A) Ride. B) Get into. C) See. D) Fight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fight. 27. Did you work on Saturday? A) Yes, I did. I worked all day. B) No, I didn't. I didn't went anywhere. C) She went to a karaoke bar and sang with some friends. D) He stayed at home and studied for a test. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, I did. I worked all day. 28. I'D RATHER MY PARENTS ..... ME GO TO PIANO LESSONS WHEN I WAS LITTLE. A) DIDN'T MAKE. B) WOULDN'T HAVE MADE. C) HADN'T MADE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) HADN'T MADE. 29. The game ..... when we ..... there. A) Had already started / got. B) Already started / got. C) Already started / had gotten. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had already started / got. 30. What is the past of the verb:DO A) Dos. B) Doed. C) Did. D) None of the above. 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