This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Talking About The Past – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Talking About The Past Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Cecilia was in the forest with the Scouts when a giant bear ..... their food. A) Take. B) Took. C) Was taking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Took. 2. Only one British female astronaut ..... time on a space station. A) Spent. B) Has spent. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has spent. 3. ..... he go to school yesterday? A) Did. B) Does. C) Was. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did. 4. They ..... at her joke. A) Laugh. B) Laughed. C) Laughs. D) Laught. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laughed. 5. PAST OF THE VERB "TO BE" A) WAS, WERE. B) DO, DONE. C) DID, DO. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) WAS, WERE. 6. Select the best word to complete the sentence."My family and I visited the museum ..... weekend." A) IN. B) YESTERDAY. C) LAST. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) LAST. 7. To express habits in the past A) Past perfect continuous. B) Would. C) Past continuous. D) Past perfect. E) Past simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Past simple. 8. Yesterday Fatemeh read a great book. A) Completed past time. B) Past time that continues up to now. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Completed past time. 9. We missed the first act of the play because when we arrived at the theatre the performance ..... A) Already started. B) Had already started. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had already started. 10. They didn't vacuum the floor yesterday. A) Past simple. B) Past continuous. C) Present perfect. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past simple. 11. Where did you go? A) I went with my friends. B) To Coyote. C) We went at around 11:30pm. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To Coyote. 12. Do you know why mum [has taken] / [took] my cake yesterday? I was really looking forward to that ..... A) Has taken. B) Took. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Took. 13. To express the duration before something in the past A) Must + have + pp. B) Past perfect. C) Past perfect continuous. D) Past continuous. E) Past simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past perfect continuous. 14. Maria came to my house last night. She ..... telling her life story while I ..... the dinner. A) Started/ had made. B) Was starting/ made. C) Started/ was making. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Started/ was making. 15. ..... ?Abraham Lincoln was born in the 18$^{th }$century. A) Where was Abraham Lincoln born?. B) When was Abraham Lincoln born?. C) Where was born Abraham Lincoln?. D) When was born Abraham Lincoln?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When was Abraham Lincoln born?. 16. Carlota was playing hockey when another player ..... into her. A) Crashed. B) Was crashing. C) Crash. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crashed. 17. My village ..... very quiet and remote until they ..... the motorway 2 years ago. A) Used to be/ built. B) Would be/ built. C) Used to/ had built. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Used to be/ built. 18. Cross out the incorrect word in each sentence:She a teacher in the 1970s. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 19. I ..... Keith at all yesterday morning. A) Didn't see. B) Haven't seen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't see. 20. My teachers ..... annoyed with me when I was at school because I never used to bring a pen with me A) Never often got. B) Often used to get. C) Sometimes were getting. D) Were often getting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Often used to get. 21. Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley ..... (+) great musicians A) Weren't. B) Was. C) Wasn't. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 22. More rain?! The weather [has been] / [was] so terrible the whole time we have been on holiday here! A) Has been. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has been. 23. Select the best word to complete the sentence."We had a picnic at the park ..... the morning." A) IN. B) YESTERDAY. C) LAST. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) IN. 24. By the third month of the war rebel forces ..... most of the province. A) Took. B) Had taken. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had taken. 25. Select the best word to complete the sentence."I went to bed at 10 o'clock ..... night." A) IN. B) YESTERDAY. C) LAST. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) LAST. 26. Who did you go with? A) I went with my friends. B) To Coyote. C) We went at around 11:30pm. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I went with my friends. 27. Blanca was shopping in the Mall when ..... A) She saw her favourite singer. B) She was seeing her favorite singer. C) She was see her favourite singer. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She saw her favourite singer. 28. We ..... at the first service station we came across. A) Stoped. B) Stopped. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stopped. 29. Mohini ..... the Natural History Museum. A) Saw. B) Has seen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has seen. 30. When ..... the last time you ate chocolate? A) Did. B) Were. C) Was. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 31. What's the past tense for LIVE? A) Lives. B) Lived. C) Life. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lived. 32. To describe an action finishing before another past action A) Past perfect continuous. B) Past continuous. C) Would. D) Past simple. E) Past perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Past perfect. 33. I ..... we were friends! A) Thinked. B) Thinks. C) Thought. D) Think. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thought. 34. What's the past tense for LOVE? A) Loves. B) Loved. C) Laught. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loved. 35. Ronaldo ..... (stare) at me when I ..... (ask) him to autograph my T-shirt. A) Stared, was asking. B) Was staring, was asking. C) Stared, asked. D) Was staring, asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stared, asked. 36. Shakira and Pique got divorced ..... June 4, 2022. A) In. B) On. C) At. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 37. What is the structure to make a sentence in past simple? A) Complement + subject + verb in past. B) Subject + complement + verb. C) Subject + verb in present + complement. D) Subject + verb in past + complement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subject + verb in past + complement. 38. Ramses II ..... over ancient Egypt for more than 50 years. A) Was ruling. B) Ruled. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ruled. 39. Computer games became popular in the ..... A) Last year. B) 2000s. C) 1980s. D) 1990s. E) 1970s. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) 1970s. 40. My teachers often ..... annoyed with me because I never ..... a pen with me. A) Were often getting/ used to bring. B) Used to get/ used to bring. C) Used to get/ had never bought. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Used to get/ used to bring. 41. At the time of the trial last summer Hinkley ..... in prison for eight months. A) Had been. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been. 42. I HATED THAT SCHOOL. IF I ..... MY HOMEWORK, THEY USED TO PUNISH ME. IF I ..... IT, THEY'D TELL ME TO DO IT AGAIN. A) DIDN'T DO/HAVE DONE. B) DIDN'T DO/USED TO DO. C) HAVEN'T DONE/DID. D) HADN'T DONE/HAD DONE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) HADN'T DONE/HAD DONE. 43. How do you write QUERER in English? A) Want. B) Have. C) Wear. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Want. 44. Elvira was riding her horse when it ..... her on the ground. A) Was throwing. B) Threw. C) Throw. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Threw. 45. Choose the correct words to complete each sentence.I ..... like watching football, but now I do. A) Used to. B) Didn't use to. C) Use to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't use to. 46. How do you write MONTAR in English? A) Ride. B) See. C) Fight. D) Get into. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ride. 47. Write each sentence in its negative form:The weather was bad. A) The weather is not bad. B) The weather wasn't bad. C) The weather wasn't good. D) The weather was good. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The weather wasn't bad. 48. Rewrite the sentences, putting the words in the correct order:the town? there any in Were stores A) Stores were there any in the town?. B) Were stores there any in the town?. C) Were there any stores in the town?. D) There were any stores in the town?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were there any stores in the town?. 49. Choose the correct words to complete the sentence.He lived in England until he was seven. He ..... English, but he's forgotten a lot of it now. A) Used to speak. B) Didn't use to speak. C) Didn't used to speak. D) Use to speak. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Used to speak. 50. Which word fits best: "They ..... there in the evening." ? A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 51. What's the past tense for RIDE? A) Ridden. B) Rod. C) Rode. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rode. 52. After I ..... my license, I ..... across the U.S. with my sister. A) Was getting / have driven. B) Got / drove. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got / drove. 53. We still hold meetings in the old manor house, which ..... on the same spot for over 200 years. A) Stood. B) Has stood. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has stood. 54. I can't believe it! I thought you [have brought] / [brought] the snacks! A) Have brought. B) Brought. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brought. 55. Since then, a lot of new people ..... in the area and the old social structures have gradually been changing. A) Came. B) Was coming. C) Were coming. D) Have come to live. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have come to live. 56. The first ultra-realistic AI videos appeared ..... the start of 2023. A) In. B) On. C) At. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At. 57. What's the past tense for WANT? A) Wants. B) Wanted. C) Wont. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wanted. 58. He was hanging the laundry when it started to rain. A) Past simple. B) Past continuous. C) Present perfect. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past continuous. 59. My family moved to this neighborhood a few years ago. A) Completed past time. B) Past time that continues up to now. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Completed past time. 60. "I ..... at home yesterday, my sister ..... at work, my brother ..... in the balcony and my parents ..... in the living room yesterday." A) Was / was / were / were. B) Were / was / were / was. C) Was / was / was / were. D) Were / were / was / was. 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