This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Future > Future In Past – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Future In Past Quiz 23 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the correct narrative tense in the following sentence:'She will have been waiting for hours when the train arrives.' A) Future perfect continuous. B) Past perfect continuous. C) Present perfect continuous. D) Future continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Future perfect continuous. 2. The ambassador ..... give a speech, and the crowd waited eagerly. A) Was to. B) Would. C) Was going to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was to. 3. Choose the correct conjunction to complete the sentence.I will buy you a gift ..... I don't have enough money. A) Although. B) Provided. C) Unless. D) Regardless. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unless. 4. I was going to buy a dress, but I will ..... shoes. A) Buying. B) Buy. C) Bought. D) Buys. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buy. 5. They ..... have a party, but it rained all day. A) Were going to. B) Were to. C) Would. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were going to. 6. We didn't know that this decision ..... affect so many people. A) Would. B) Was to. C) Was going to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would. 7. You promised me that you ..... at the park. Why didn't you turn up yesterday? A) Would join us. B) Were going to join us. C) Weren't going to join us. D) Wouldn't join us. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would join us. 8. Where does the conjunction 'since' go? ..... she will get an English Merit Medal ..... she got the highest grade. A) The first space. B) The second space. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The second space. 9. Identify the correct narrative tense in the following sentence:'The sun was shining as she walked to the park.' A) Future continuous. B) Past continuous. C) Present perfect. D) Past perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past continuous. 10. I was going to buy a new computer yesterday, A) So I went home at 6 pm. B) But I decided I couldn't really afford it. C) But the telephone rang. D) So I bought a tablet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) But I decided I couldn't really afford it. 11. The lockdown ..... by now, but people insist on not taking care of themselves and others. A) Was to have stopped. B) Was to stop. C) Was stopping. D) Would stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was to have stopped. 12. We ..... meet last week but we couldn't find time. A) Were going to. B) Was going to. C) Werent going to. D) Wasn't going to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were going to. 13. He studied all night. He ..... be tired today. A) Must. B) Can't. C) Might not. D) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Must. 14. Choose the best definition of clause. A) The union of a subject, verb and object in the form of a sentence. B) A group of words that contains a subject and a verb. C) Any group of words joined together. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A group of words that contains a subject and a verb. 15. Thanks for asking, the holiday was great. I knew it ..... be as soon as we landed. A) Would. B) Will. C) Was to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would. 16. "You ..... (tell) me the secret, remember?" A) Were going to tell. B) Telled. C) Did tell. D) Was going to tell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were going to tell. 17. They ..... celebrate their anniversary, but had to cancel. A) Were going to. B) Was about to. C) Would. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were going to. 18. There was nothing in Nora's upbringing to indicate that she ..... the conventional life of women of that era ..... A) Would later explain. B) Was to become. C) Would go on to employ. D) Was destined to reject. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was destined to reject. 19. Transform the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. Use no more than five words in each gap, including the words in CAPITALS. A) Were about to leave. B) Were leaving soon. C) Were going to leave. D) Were just leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were about to leave. 20. We ..... travel to Spain last summer, but the tickets were too expensive. A) Were going to. B) Was about to. C) Would. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were going to. 21. Identify the mistake: "I was going to leave, but I will staying." A) "staying" should be "stay". B) "leave" should be "left". C) "will" should be "would". D) No mistake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "staying" should be "stay". 22. She ..... leave for Europe on Monday, but she hast to wait two more weeks until she gets the money. A) Wasn't going to. B) Was going. C) Was going to. D) Was going to leave. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was going to. 23. James thought that Amy ..... his proposal of marriage, but she accepted his offer and he was the happiest man in the world. A) Was going to reject. B) Wasn't going to reject. C) Would reject. D) Wouldn't reject. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would reject. 24. Identify the correct narrative tense in the following sentence:'She had been studying for hours when the power went out.' A) Past perfect continuous. B) Past simple. C) Present perfect continuous. D) Future continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past perfect continuous. 25. A:What's the matter?B:I thought my friend ..... angry with me for turning up late but she was late herself. A:You must have been pretty annoyed with her! A) Would be. B) Was to be. C) Was being. D) Would to have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would be. 26. He was to finish the project by today A) The project was supposed to be finished by today. B) The project was supposed to finish by today. C) The project was supposing to be finished by today. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The project was supposed to be finished by today. 27. We had already arranged it. We were ..... at the villa at 5 pm, but he didn't get there until the next day in the end. A) About to meet. B) Met. C) To meet. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To meet. 28. Where does the conjunction 'unless' go? ..... there's an emergency, ..... don't wake me up. A) The first space. B) The second space. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The first space. 29. I ..... Sam for money, but I didn't because I don't want to own him anything. A) Was asking. B) Will ask. C) Was going to ask. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was going to ask. 30. I ..... to pay my apartment in 4 years when I had 2 jobs A) Was going. B) Were going. C) Would going. D) Would to go. 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