This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Talking About The Past – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Talking About The Past Quiz 7 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "I ..... at home yesterday, my sister ..... at work, my brother ..... in the balcony and my parents ..... in the living room yesterday." A) Were / was / were / was. B) Were / were / was / was. C) Was / was / was / were. D) Was / was / were / were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was / was / was / were. 2. 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. 3. I USED TO GET SO ANNOYED WITH HIM. HE ..... THINGS. A) WAS ALWAYS LOSING. B) ALWAYS LOST. C) HAS ALWAYS BEEN LOSING. D) HAD ALWAYS LOST. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) WAS ALWAYS LOSING. 4. ..... it ..... (rain) when you left? A) Was / raining. B) Are / raining. C) Is /raining. D) Were / raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was / raining. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. They ..... their homework. A) Have finished. B) Finished. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have finished. 8. 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. 9. What's the past tense for GET? A) Got. B) Geted. C) Gotten. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Got. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. Which tense is used for something that happened before and after a specific time in the past? A) Future in the past. B) Past simple. C) Present perfect. D) Past continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past continuous. 15. What's the past tense for DO? A) Does. B) Done. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did. 16. Before, Until, The moment that A) Would. B) Past perfect. C) Past perfect continuous. D) Past continuous. E) Past simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past perfect. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. We ..... (play) video games yesterday at 3 o'clock A) Was. B) Was playing. C) Were. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were playing. 20. 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. 21. The past form of "get" is ..... A) Get. B) Getted. C) Got. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Got. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. To talk about past habits A) Past perfect. B) Could/ may / might + have + pp. C) Would. D) Past perfect continuous. E) Past continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would. 25. While we ..... (get) ready to go out, our neighbour ..... (pay) us a visit. A) Were getting, were paying. B) Got, were paying. C) Got, paid. D) Were getting, paid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were getting, paid. 26. 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. 27. They ..... (take) shelter in a bookshop. A) Taken. B) Was taking. C) Were taking. D) Took. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Took. 28. Soon Hong ..... (leap) off the bus when it ..... (move). A) Leapt, moved. B) Leapt, was moving. C) Was leaping, was moving. D) Was leaping, moved. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leapt, was moving. 29. 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. 30. 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. ← 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 5Talking About The Past Quiz 6Talking About The Past Quiz 8Talking About The Past Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books