This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Talking About The Past – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Talking About The Past Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Cross out the incorrect word in each sentence:There wasn't any good movies on. A) Wasn't. B) Weren't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weren't. 2. I USED TO GET SO ANNOYED WITH HIM. HE ..... THINGS. A) HAD ALWAYS LOST. B) HAS ALWAYS BEEN LOSING. C) WAS ALWAYS LOSING. D) ALWAYS LOST. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) WAS ALWAYS LOSING. 3. ..... it ..... (rain) when you left? A) Were / raining. B) Was / raining. C) Are / raining. D) Is /raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was / raining. 4. Before the advent of satellite television viewers didn't ..... a very wide selection of channels. A) Used to have. B) Use to have. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use to have. 5. Select the sentence which talks about the past. A) We are all going to watch the football match now. B) All of us will go to watch the football match tomorrow. C) They watched a football match at the stadium today. D) I am watching the football match on the television. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They watched a football match at the stadium today. 6. They ..... their homework. A) Have finished. B) Finished. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have finished. 7. Regular verbs in past ..... A) They are all different. B) End with-ed. C) End with-ing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) End with-ed. 8. What's the past tense for GET? A) Got. B) Geted. C) Gotten. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Got. 9. Is this sentence correct?He didn't finish his dinner. A) YES. B) NO. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) YES. 10. Choose the correct words to complete the sentence.When Vikings lived, people ..... drive cars. 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. 11. Marie Curie was one of the most important ..... in the last century. A) Scientists. B) Scientifics. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scientists. 12. Beethoven ..... some of the most accomplished symphonies you will ever listen to. A) Has written. B) Wrote. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrote. 13. Which tense is used for something that happened before and after a specific time in the past? A) Past simple. B) Present perfect. C) Future in the past. D) Past continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past continuous. 14. What's the past tense for DO? A) Does. B) Done. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did. 15. Before, Until, The moment that A) Past perfect continuous. B) Past continuous. C) Past perfect. D) Would. E) Past simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past perfect. 16. What is the past ofEAT, GIVE and TAKE? A) ATE. GAVE, TOOK. B) ATE, GAVED, TAKED. C) ATE, GIVE, TOOK. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ATE. GAVE, TOOK. 17. We ..... a film when we ..... a strange noise outside. A) Were watching / heard. B) Watched / were hearing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were watching / heard. 18. We ..... (play) video games yesterday at 3 o'clock A) Was playing. B) Was. C) Were. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were playing. 19. Cross out the incorrect word in each sentence:They at the theater last night. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 20. The past form of "get" is ..... A) Get. B) Getted. C) Got. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Got. 21. While Tina ..... to work, she ..... her purse. A) Cycled / was dropping. B) Was cycling / dropped. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was cycling / dropped. 22. Rewrite the sentences using was, wasn't, were, or weren't:He went to a baseball game 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: D) He was at a baseball game. 23. To talk about past habits A) Would. B) Past perfect. C) Past perfect continuous. D) Past continuous. E) Could/ may / might + have + pp. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would. 24. While we ..... (get) ready to go out, our neighbour ..... (pay) us a visit. A) Were getting, paid. B) Got, were paying. C) Were getting, were paying. D) Got, paid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were getting, paid. 25. She ..... up all night studying for the test. A) Stay. B) Stayed. C) Staied. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stayed. 26. They ..... (take) shelter in a bookshop. A) Was taking. B) Were taking. C) Took. D) Taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Took. 27. Soon Hong ..... (leap) off the bus when it ..... (move). A) Was leaping, moved. B) Leapt, was moving. C) Leapt, moved. D) Was leaping, was moving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leapt, was moving. 28. Cross out the incorrect word in each sentence:You was / were at the movie theater on Friday. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 29. Denise had to leave school early on Wednesday because she ..... her driving test. A) Took. B) Was taking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was taking. 30. Today's trains are powered by electricity but in the past, steam trains were powered by ..... A) Burning coal. B) Horses. C) Wind. D) People pushing them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Burning coal. 31. How ..... your day? A) Was. B) Been. C) Be. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 32. To express interrupted action in the past A) Past continuous. B) Past simple. C) Past perfect continuous. D) Must + have + pp. E) Past perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past continuous. 33. We [have lived] / [lived] in Canada for a few years but have since moved to Mexico A) Have lived. B) Lived. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lived. 34. I ..... someone if I could borrow their pen. A) Never used to ask. B) Never would asked. C) Would asked. D) Would always ask. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Would always ask. 35. ..... you ..... home on Saturday? (stay) A) How/ stayed. B) What/ stay. C) Did/ stay. D) Did/stayed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did/ stay. 36. What is the past of the verb:EAT A) Eated. B) Ate. C) Aet. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ate. 37. He ..... (ask) us to keep an eye on his house as he ..... (go) to Bangkok for a holiday. A) Was asking, went. B) Was asking, was going. C) Asked, went. D) Asked, was going. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asked, was going. 38. ..... you in LA last weekend? A) Weren't. B) Was. C) Wasn't. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 39. What is the past form of 'will'? A) Would. B) Should. C) Might. D) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would. 40. Jim ..... on the early flight the next morning so he made his excuses and left the party before midnight. A) Left. B) Was leaving. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was leaving. 41. She was writing an e-mail when ..... A) The Internet was stopping working. B) The Internet stopped working. C) The Internet wasn't stopped working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Internet stopped working. 42. How do you write GUSTAR in English? A) Like. B) Live. C) Use. D) Grow up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Like. 43. Things have certainly changed-tehre ..... loads of small shops around here when I was young. A) Would be. B) Used to be. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Used to be. 44. Andy ..... with Jess. A) Break up. B) Broked up. C) Breaked up. D) Broke up. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Broke up. 45. Last week, I ..... in Istanbul A) Were. B) Weren't. C) Wasn't. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 46. Which of the sentences qre correct? A) I played baseball last night. B) I did play baseball last night. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I played baseball last night. 47. I'm sorry sir, I [have not found] / [did not find] your cat yet. I hope you find it soon! A) Have not found. B) Did not find. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have not found. 48. Paco ..... the time because his watch ..... working. A) Hadn't know / had stopped. B) Didn't know / was stopping. C) Didn't know / had stopped. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't know / had stopped. 49. We learn history to ..... A) Find out what happened in the past. B) Gossip about the people involved. C) Learn about it and answer the exams. D) Talk about different topics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Find out what happened in the past. 50. What's the past tense for USE? A) Uses. B) Use to. C) Used. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Used. 51. I [have gotten] / [got] tickets yesterday to see Harry Styles in Germany! A) Have gotten. B) Got. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got. 52. Which of these questions is correct? A) Were she finish her homework last night?. B) Was she finished her homework last night?. C) Was she finish her homework last night?. D) Did she finished her homework last night?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was she finished her homework last night?. 53. What does "past" mean? Choose the best answer. A) A point in time that has already happened. B) A point in time that will happen tomorrow. C) A point in time that will happen next. D) A point in time that is happening now. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A point in time that has already happened. 54. Choose the correct words to complete the sentence.What did you ..... like doing when you were young? A) Used to. B) Didn't use to. C) Use to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Use to. 55. Choose the correct words to complete the sentence.1, 000 years ago, people ..... have smartphones. 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. 56. Since her mother took her cell phone away, Gabriela has been sad. 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: B) Past time that continues up to now. 57. Q:What ..... you ..... for a living? A:I'm a teacher. A) Did ; do. B) Were ; do. C) Was ; do. D) Do; do. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Do; do. 58. We ..... 'Raging River'. A) Has watched. B) Have watched. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have watched. 59. Which one is about a time that is finished? A) I ironed my clothes last week. B) I have ironed my clothes twice this week. C) I was ironing my clothes when I burned a skirt. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I ironed my clothes last week. 60. The sun ..... when we went outside A) Was shining. B) Shone. C) Shined. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was shining. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesVerbs QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesTalking About The Past Quiz 1Talking About The Past Quiz 2Talking About The Past Quiz 3Talking About The Past Quiz 5Talking About The Past Quiz 6Aspect QuizHabitual Aspect QuizLexical Aspect Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books