This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Future > Future In Past – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Future In Past Quiz 5 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I think it all happened soon after the concert (end) ..... A) Would end. B) Had ended. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had ended. 2. We ..... for directions when we saw the station ahead of us. A) Would ask. B) Were supposed to ask. C) Were on the point of asking. D) Would like to ask. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were on the point of asking. 3. Our car ..... at the moment so we'll get an Uber. A) Is being repaired. B) Is repaired. C) Was repaired. D) Was being repaired. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is being repaired. 4. We couldn't be at that party, because we ..... abroad the following day. A) Would go. B) Were going. C) Went. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were going. 5. It was the first time I ..... a tattoo, but I knew it ..... my last. A) Had gotten, wouldn't be. B) Got, wouldn't be. C) Have got, wouldn't be. D) Had gotten, would be. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had gotten, wouldn't be. 6. The phone stopped ringing just as I ..... it up. A) Am going to pick. B) Would be pick. C) Would picking. D) Was going to pick. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was going to pick. 7. I told you he ..... (come) to the party. plan A) Was going to come. B) Will. C) Would. D) Came. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was going to come. 8. Choose the correct connector:' ..... I finished my work, I went out.' A) Before. B) Since. C) After. D) While. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After. 9. They ..... any idea about the surprise party. A) Wouldn't be given. B) Weren't to be given. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weren't to be given. 10. You ..... finish the reports before four o'clock. What happened? A) Were about to. B) Would. C) Were supposed to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were supposed to. 11. The bridge ..... been completed last year but there were unexpected delays. A) Was to have. B) Was. C) Had to have. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was to have. 12. The structure sometimes means that: A) The action continues yet. B) The plans happened in the past. C) The action takes place in the past and in the future. D) The plans did not actually happen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The plans did not actually happen. 13. I knew you ..... him. A) Would help. B) Going to. C) Will help. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would help. 14. She promised she ..... an end to the situation, but failed to do so. A) Would put. B) Would have put. C) Was putting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would put. 15. We ..... when the rain started, so had to cancel the walk. A) Would leave. B) Were about to leave. C) Was going to leave. D) Would be leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were about to leave. 16. When can the future-in-the-past forms not be used? A) In present context. B) In future context. C) In object clauses dependent on verbs in the past tense. D) In subordinate adverbial clauses of time and condition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In subordinate adverbial clauses of time and condition. 17. Weren't you ..... to be in a lecture this afternoon and not in bed A) Supposed. B) Thinking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supposed. 18. She knew you ..... help him. A) Would. B) Were helping. C) Will. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would. 19. My teacher wasn't in school that Friday because she ..... (get married) that weekend. A) Would get married. B) Was getting married. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was getting married. 20. The meeting was to have taken place in the hall, A) But had to be cancelled at the last minute. B) And was well attended. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) But had to be cancelled at the last minute. 21. Jane said Sam ..... (bring) his sister with him, but he came alone. plan A) Brought. B) Was going to bring. C) Would. D) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was going to bring. 22. Identify the future in the past in the sentence:'They were going to leave early.' A) Were leaving early. B) Had gone to leave. C) Were going to leave. D) Are going to leave. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were going to leave. 23. The next day we ..... to Germany, where we ..... a meeting. A) Were going to fly / attended. B) Were flying / were due to attend. C) Would fly / attended. D) Will fly / would attend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were flying / were due to attend. 24. He ..... to Iraq, but he came down with an infection before the trip. A) Would sent. B) Will sent. C) Was going to be sent. D) Will be sent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was going to be sent. 25. I ..... Sam for money, but I didn't because I don't want to owe him anything. A) Was asking. B) Would ask. C) Will ask. D) Was going to ask. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was going to ask. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesFuture In Past Quiz 1Future In Past Quiz 2Future In Past Quiz 3Future In Past Quiz 4Future In Past Quiz 6Future In Past Quiz 7Future In Past Quiz 8Future In Past Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books