This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Talking About The Past – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Talking About The Past Quiz 6 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When ..... the last time you ate chocolate? A) Is. B) Were. C) Was. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 2. What's the past tense for LIVE? A) Lives. B) Lived. C) Life. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lived. 3. To describe an action finishing before another past action A) Would. B) Past simple. C) Past continuous. D) Past perfect. E) Past perfect continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past perfect. 4. I ..... we were friends! A) Thought. B) Thinked. C) Think. D) Thinks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thought. 5. What's the past tense for LOVE? A) Loves. B) Loved. C) Laught. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loved. 6. Ronaldo ..... (stare) at me when I ..... (ask) him to autograph my T-shirt. A) Stared, asked. B) Was staring, asked. C) Was staring, was asking. D) Stared, was asking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stared, asked. 7. 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. 8. What is the structure to make a sentence in past simple? A) Subject + verb in past + complement. B) Subject + complement + verb. C) Complement + subject + verb in past. D) Subject + verb in present + complement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject + verb in past + complement. 9. 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. 10. Computer games became popular in the ..... A) 1990s. B) 1980s. C) 2000s. D) Last year. E) 1970s. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) 1970s. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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) HADN'T DONE/HAD DONE. B) DIDN'T DO/HAVE DONE. C) DIDN'T DO/USED TO DO. D) HAVEN'T DONE/DID. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HADN'T DONE/HAD DONE. 14. How do you write QUERER in English? A) Want. B) Do. C) Wear. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Want. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. How do you write MONTAR in English? A) Ride. B) See. C) Fight. D) Get into. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ride. 18. Write each sentence in its negative form:The weather was bad. A) The weather wasn't bad. B) The weather is not bad. C) The weather wasn't good. D) The weather was good. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The weather wasn't bad. 19. Rewrite the sentences, putting the words in the correct order:the town? there any in Were stores A) There were any stores in the town?. B) Were there any stores in the town?. C) Stores were there any in the town?. D) Were stores there any in the town?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were there any stores in the town?. 20. 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) Use to speak. D) Didn't used to speak. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Used to speak. 21. 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. 22. What's the past tense for RIDE? A) Ridden. B) Rod. C) Rode. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rode. 23. 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. 24. 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. 25. 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. 26. Since then, a lot of new people ..... in the area and the old social structures have gradually been changing. A) Have come to live. B) Was coming. C) Came. D) Were coming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have come to live. 27. 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. 28. What's the past tense for WANT? A) Wants. B) Wanted. C) Wont. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wanted. 29. 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. 30. 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. 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