This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Talking About The Past – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Talking About The Past Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the correct question:a) Were we having lunch at 12:00? b) Was we having lunch at 12:00? c) Were we have lunch at 12:00? d) Was we have lunch at 12:00? A) Were we have lunch at 12:00?. B) Was we have lunch at 12:00?. C) Were we having lunch at 12:00?. D) Was we having lunch at 12:00?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were we having lunch at 12:00?. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. ..... he go to school yesterday? A) Did. B) Does. C) Was. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did. 5. They ..... at her joke. A) Laugh. B) Laughed. C) Laught. D) Laughs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laughed. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. To express habits in the past A) Past perfect continuous. B) Past continuous. C) Would. D) Past perfect. E) Past simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Past simple. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. To express the duration before something in the past A) Past perfect continuous. B) Past continuous. C) Past simple. D) Must + have + pp. E) Past perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past perfect continuous. 15. 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. 16. ..... ?Abraham Lincoln was born in the 18$^{th }$century. A) When was Abraham Lincoln born?. B) When was born Abraham Lincoln?. C) Where was Abraham Lincoln born?. D) Where was born Abraham Lincoln?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When was Abraham Lincoln born?. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. 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. 21. My teachers ..... annoyed with me when I was at school because I never used to bring a pen with me A) Sometimes were getting. B) Were often getting. C) Never often got. D) Often used to get. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Often used to get. 22. Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley ..... (+) great musicians A) Were. B) Wasn't. C) Weren't. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 23. 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. 24. 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. 25. 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. 26. 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. 27. 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. 28. 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. 29. 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. 30. 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. ← 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 4Talking About The Past Quiz 6Talking About The Past Quiz 7Talking About The Past Quiz 8Talking About The Past Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books