This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Future > Future In Past – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Future In Past Quiz 28 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "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. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. 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". 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was going. 16. Choose the structure used for beliefs that were certain to happen in the future: A) Would. B) Bound to. C) About to. D) Likely to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bound to. 17. I ..... leave the office when my boss asked me to stay. A) Was about to. B) Would. C) Was going to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was about to. 18. They ..... join us at the theatre at 7.30. A) Were about to. B) Were to. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were to. 19. It was to take them several hours to put out the fire, A) But it took them a long time. B) So they did it quickly. C) But they did it in only two. D) But they finished late. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) But they did it in only two. 20. Complete the sentence with the best future in the past structure.They ..... eat at the restaurant but it was closed. A) Was going to. B) Wasn't going to. C) Were going to. D) Weren't going to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were going to. 21. They ..... visit their grandparents, but the trip was canceled. A) Were going to. B) Would. C) Were to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were going to. 22. My teacher wasn't in class that Friday because he ..... married that weekend. A) Would getting. B) Would to getting. C) Was getting. D) Were getting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was getting. 23. Sorry, I forgot we ..... dinner together today. A) Have. B) Had had. C) Were supposed to have. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were supposed to have. 24. What is the purpose of the present simple tense? A) To talk about habits and repeated behaviour in the present. B) To describe past actions. C) To express future intentions. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To talk about habits and repeated behaviour in the present. 25. I ..... anyone, but I just can't keep this secret any longer! A) Would tell. B) Was going to tell. C) Wasn't going to tell. D) Wouldn't tell. 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