This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Talking About The Past – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Talking About The Past Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Today's trains are powered by electricity but in the past, steam trains were powered by ..... A) Burning coal. B) Horses. C) People pushing them. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Burning coal. 2. How ..... your day? A) Been. B) Be. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 3. To express interrupted action in the past A) Must + have + pp. B) Past simple. C) Past perfect continuous. D) Past continuous. E) Past perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past continuous. 4. 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. 5. I ..... someone if I could borrow their pen. A) Never used to ask. B) Would always ask. C) Never would asked. D) Would asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would always ask. 6. ..... you ..... home on Saturday? (stay) A) Did/ stay. B) Did/stayed. C) What/ stay. D) How/ stayed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did/ stay. 7. 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. 8. He ..... (ask) us to keep an eye on his house as he ..... (go) to Bangkok for a holiday. A) Asked, went. B) Was asking, was going. C) Asked, was going. D) Was asking, went. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asked, was going. 9. ..... you in LA last weekend? A) Weren't. B) Wasn't. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 10. What is the past form of 'will'? A) Should. B) Could. C) Would. D) Might. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. How do you write GUSTAR in English? A) Grow up. B) Like. C) Use. D) Live. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Like. 14. 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. 15. Andy ..... with Jess. A) Break up. B) Broked up. C) Breaked up. D) Broke up. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Broke up. 16. Last week, I ..... in Istanbul A) Was. B) Were. C) Weren't. D) Wasn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. 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. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. Which of these questions is correct? A) Did she finished her homework last night?. B) Was she finished her homework last night?. C) Were she finish her homework last night?. D) Was she finish her homework last night?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was she finished her homework last night?. 24. What does "past" mean? Choose the best answer. A) A point in time that will happen tomorrow. B) A point in time that is happening now. C) A point in time that has already happened. D) A point in time that will happen next. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A point in time that has already happened. 25. 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. 26. 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. 27. 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. 28. Q:What ..... you ..... for a living? A:I'm a teacher. A) Was ; do. B) Did ; do. C) Were ; do. D) Do; do. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Do; do. 29. 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. 30. 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. ← 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 7Talking About The Past Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books